いきづまる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
息詰まる
息詰る

From (breath) +‎ 詰まる (to be at a loss).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きづま [ìkízúmáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ikʲizɨma̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

いきづまる • (ikizumaruいきづまる (ikidumaru)?intransitive godan (stem いきづまり (ikizumari), past いきづまった (ikizumatta))

  1. to be breathtaking
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
行き詰まる
行き詰る
行詰まる (dated)
行詰る (dated)

From 行き ((れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (iku, to go)) +‎ 詰まる (to be at a loss).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きづま [ìkízúmáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ikʲizɨma̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

いきづまる • (ikizumaruいきづまる (ikidumaru)?godan (stem いきづまり (ikizumari), past いきづまった (ikizumatta))

  1. alternative form of ゆきづまる (yukizumaru)
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN