ときめく

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ときめ​く [tòkíméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞kʲime̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Compound of とき (toki) +‎ めく (meku, “looking like, behaving like, becoming like”, verb-forming suffix).[1][2][3] The derivation of the toki element is unclear. It might be cognate with the doki element in adverb どきどき (dokidoki, “throbbingly, beatingly, poundingly”) in reference to one's heart.

Verb

ときめく (intransitive, rōmaji tokimeku)

  1. to be restless with emotion, to throb with anxiety
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ときめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ときめか tokimeka
Continuative (連用形) ときめき tokimeki
Terminal (終止形) ときめく tokimeku
Attributive (連体形) ときめく tokimeku
Hypothetical (仮定形) ときめけ tokimeke
Imperative (命令形) ときめけ tokimeke
Key constructions
Passive ときめかれる tokimekareru
Causative ときめかせる
ときめかす		 tokimekaseru
tokimekasu
Potential ときめける tokimekeru
Volitional ときめこう tokimekō
Negative ときめかない tokimekanai
Negative continuative ときめかず tokimekazu
Formal ときめきます tokimekimasu
Perfective ときめいた tokimeita
Conjunctive ときめいて tokimeite
Hypothetical conditional ときめけば tokimekeba

Etymology 2

Compound of 時 (toki, “time”, in the sense of “one's time, one's moment”) +‎ めく (meku, “looking like, behaving like, becoming like”, verb-forming suffix).[1][2][3] Compare English every dog has its day.

Verb

ときめく (intransitive, rōmaji tokimeku)

  1. 時めく: to prosper, to thrive, to be in full bloom; to be influential
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ときめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ときめか tokimeka
Continuative (連用形) ときめき tokimeki
Terminal (終止形) ときめく tokimeku
Attributive (連体形) ときめく tokimeku
Hypothetical (仮定形) ときめけ tokimeke
Imperative (命令形) ときめけ tokimeke
Key constructions
Passive ときめかれる tokimekareru
Causative ときめかせる
ときめかす		 tokimekaseru
tokimekasu
Potential ときめける tokimekeru
Volitional ときめこう tokimekō
Negative ときめかない tokimekanai
Negative continuative ときめかず tokimekazu
Formal ときめきます tokimekimasu
Perfective ときめいた tokimeita
Conjunctive ときめいて tokimeite
Hypothetical conditional ときめけば tokimekeba

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
  3. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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