粋がる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いき
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
粹がる (kyūjitai)
意気がる
Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
粹がる (kyūjitai)
意気がる

Etymology

Compound of (iki, stylish) +‎ がる (-garu, to act like)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きが [ìkígáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ikʲiɡa̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

(いき)がる or (すい)がる • (ikigaru or suigarugodan (stem (いき)がり (ikigari), past (いき)がった (ikigatta))

  1. to be pretentious

Conjugation

References

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