色めく

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
色
いろ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

色(いろ)めく • (iromeku) godan (stem 色(いろ)めき (iromeki), past 色(いろ)めいた (iromeita))

  1. to become lively
  2. to become roused
  3. to look arousing

Conjugation

Conjugation of "色めく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 色めか いろめか iromeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 色めき いろめき iromeki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 色めく いろめく iromeku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 色めく いろめく iromeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 色めけ いろめけ iromeke
Meireikei ("imperative") 色めけ いろめけ iromeke
Key constructions
Passive 色めかれる いろめかれる iromekareru
Causative 色めかせる
色めかす 		いろめかせる
いろめかす 		iromekaseru
iromekasu
Potential 色めける いろめける iromekeru
Volitional 色めこう いろめこう iromekō
Negative 色めかない いろめかない iromekanai
Negative continuative 色めかず いろめかず iromekazu
Formal 色めきます いろめきます iromekimasu
Perfective 色めいた いろめいた iromeita
Conjunctive 色めいて いろめいて iromeite
Hypothetical conditional 色めけば いろめけば iromekeba

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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