いき

See also: いぎ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
息

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *Eki.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いき [íꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Noun

いき • (iki)

breath
息(いき)をする ― iki o suru ― to breathe

Synonyms

息(い)吹(ぶき) (ibuki)
呼(こ)吸(きゅう) (kokyū)

Derived terms

ため息(いき) (tameiki, “sigh”)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
粋

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Noun

いき • (iki)

chicness, stylishness

Adjective

いき • (iki) -na (adnominal いきな (iki na), adverbial いきに (iki ni))

chic, stylish, dapper; attractive; vibrant

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings
行き往き

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Verb

いき • (iki)

stem or continuative form of いく (iku) [godan]

Noun

いき or イき or イキ • (iki)

alternative form of ゆき (yuki)
イき, イキ: (slang) orgasm; coming; cumming

Derived terms

メスイキ (mesu-iki)

Etymology 4

Alternative spelling
生き

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

(stet):

(Tokyo) いき [ìkíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Verb

いき • (iki)

imperfective or continuative of いきる

Noun

いき • (iki)

living; condition of being alive
freshness; vitality
(publishing, proofreading) stet

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “living”): 死(し)に (shini)

Prefix

いき • (iki-)

damned

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of いき – see the following entry.

【壱岐】	[proper noun] Iki (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Iki, an old province of Japan

(This term, いき (iki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as いき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いき.)

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of いき – see the following entry.

【伊木】	[proper noun] a surname

(This term, いき (iki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as いき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いき.)

Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of いき – see the following entries.

【域】6	[noun] region, level [affix] range, region, limits, stage, level [affix] land, territory

【閾】H	[noun] threshold [affix] threshold

【位記】	[noun] court rank diploma

【依稀】	[adjective] faint, dim, vague, unclear

【意気】	[noun] spirits, especially high spirits [noun] disposition, willpower

【異気】	[noun] strange atmosphere

【遺棄】	[noun] abandonment; desertion [verb] to abandon

【委棄】	[noun] renunciation [verb] to renunciate

【偉器】	[noun] skillfulness, skillful person

【彝器】	[noun] ritual vessel

【彙記】	[noun] indexing, index

【移記】	[noun] transferring to the records [verb] to transfer to the records

(This term, いき (iki), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as いき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いき.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 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

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