揺らめく

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
揺
ゆ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
搖らめく (kyūjitai)

Etymology

ゆら (yura) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of”, a verb-forming suffix)[1][2]

Pronunciation

Verb

揺(ゆ)らめく • (yurameku) intransitive godan (stem 揺(ゆ)らめき (yurameki), past 揺(ゆ)らめいた (yurameita))

  1. to flicker, to quiver, to waver, to sway
    蝋燭(ろうそく)の火(ひ)が揺(ゆ)らめく。
    Rōsoku no hi ga yurameku.
    The candleflame flickers.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "揺らめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 揺らめか ゆらめか yurameka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 揺らめき ゆらめき yurameki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 揺らめく ゆらめく yurameku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 揺らめく ゆらめく yurameku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 揺らめけ ゆらめけ yurameke
Meireikei ("imperative") 揺らめけ ゆらめけ yurameke
Key constructions
Passive 揺らめかれる ゆらめかれる yuramekareru
Causative 揺らめかせる
揺らめかす 		ゆらめかせる
ゆらめかす 		yuramekaseru
yuramekasu
Potential 揺らめける ゆらめける yuramekeru
Volitional 揺らめこう ゆらめこう yuramekō
Negative 揺らめかない ゆらめかない yuramekanai
Negative continuative 揺らめかず ゆらめかず yuramekazu
Formal 揺らめきます ゆらめきます yuramekimasu
Perfective 揺らめいた ゆらめいた yurameita
Conjunctive 揺らめいて ゆらめいて yurameite
Hypothetical conditional 揺らめけば ゆらめけば yuramekeba
Classical conjugation of "揺らめく" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 揺らめか ゆらめか yurameka
Continuative (連用形) 揺らめき ゆらめき yurameki
Terminal (終止形) 揺らめく ゆらめく yurameku
Attributive (連体形) 揺らめく ゆらめく yurameku
Realis (已然形) 揺らめけ ゆらめけ yurameke
Imperative (命令形) 揺らめけ ゆらめけ yurameke
Key constructions
Negative 揺らめかず ゆらめかず yuramekazu
Contrasting conjunction 揺らめけど ゆらめけど yuramekedo
Causal conjunction 揺らめけば ゆらめけば yuramekeba
Conditional conjunction 揺らめかば ゆらめかば yuramekaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 揺らめきき ゆらめきき yuramekiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 揺らめきけり ゆらめきけり yuramekikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 揺らめきつ ゆらめきつ yuramekitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 揺らめきぬ ゆらめきぬ yuramekinu
Perfect-continuative tense 揺らめけり
揺らめきたり		 ゆらめけり
ゆらめきたり		 yuramekeri
yuramekitari
Volitional 揺らめかむ ゆらめかむ yuramekamu

See also

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ “揺らめく”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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