活きる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
活
い
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Verb

活(い)きる • (ikiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 活(い)き (iki), past 活(い)きた (ikita))

  1. to live; to exist
  2. to be utilized; to be in use
    知識(ちしき)が活(い)きる
    chishiki ga ikiru
    knowledge is used

Conjugation

Conjugation of "活きる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 活き いき iki
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 活き いき iki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 活きる いきる ikiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 活きる いきる ikiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 活きれ いきれ ikire
Meireikei ("imperative") 活きよ¹
活きろ² 		いきよ¹
いきろ² 		ikiyo¹
ikiro²
Key constructions
Passive 活きられる いきられる ikirareru
Causative 活きさせる
活きさす 		いきさせる
いきさす 		ikisaseru
ikisasu
Potential 活きられる
活きれる³ 		いきられる
いきれる³ 		ikirareru
ikireru³
Volitional 活きよう いきよう ikiyō
Negative 活きない
活きぬ
活きん 		いきない
いきぬ
いきん 		ikinai
ikinu
ikin
Negative continuative 活きず いきず ikizu
Formal 活きます いきます ikimasu
Perfective 活きた いきた ikita
Conjunctive 活きて いきて ikite
Hypothetical conditional 活きれば いきれば ikireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia