さきほこる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
咲き誇る
咲誇る (dated)

Etymology

From () (saki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (saku).) + (ほこ) (hokoru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きほこ [sàkíhókóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kʲiho̞ko̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

さきほこる • (sakihokoruさきほこる (sakifokoru)?godan (stem さきほこり (sakihokori), past さきほこった (sakihokotta))

  1. (intransitive, of flowers or figurative) to bloom proudly and extravagantly

Conjugation

References

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