閃く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひらめ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

ひら (hira, also found in ひらひら (hirahira)) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

(ひらめ) (hiramekuintransitive godan (stem (ひらめ) (hirameki), past (ひらめ)いた (hirameita))

  1. to flash
  2. to glitter
  3. to come up with an idea, to get an idea

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ 閃く”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN