For pronunciation and definitions of <span class="searchmatch">生き字引</span><span class="searchmatch">き</span> – see the following entry. (This term, <span class="searchmatch">生き字引</span><span class="searchmatch">き</span>, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)...
Compound of 生(い)<span class="searchmatch">き</span> (iki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 生(い)きる (ikiru, “to live”)) + 字(じ)引(びき) (jibiki, “dictionary”)...