いきいき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
生き生き
活き活き

Etymology

From the stem of ()きる (ikiru), doubled and resembling an ideophone.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きい [ìkííꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ikʲiikʲi]

Adverb

いきいき • (ikiikiいきいき (ikiiki)?

  1. vividly
  2. lively

Verb

いきいきする • (ikiiki suruいきいき (ikiiki)?suru (stem いきいき (ikiiki shi), past いきいきした (ikiiki shita))

  1. look fresh
  2. be full of life

Conjugation

References

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