いき

See also: いぎ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Adjectival noun

いき • (iki) -na (adnominal いきな (iki na), adverbial いきに (iki ni))

1. 粋: chic, stylish

Noun

いき • (iki) 

1. 生き: living
2. 行き, 往き: outward journey
3. 息: breath
4. 粋: chicness, stylishness

Prefix

いき • (iki-) 

1. 生き: damned

Proper noun

いき • (Iki) 

1. 壱岐: Iki Province; Iki Island; Iki, Nagasaki
2. 伊木: A surname​.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いき – see the following entries.

【域】6 [noun] region, level [affix] range, region, limits, stage, level [affix] land, territory 【閾】H [noun] threshold [affix] threshold 【位記】 [noun] court rank diploma 【依稀】 [adjectival noun] faint, dim, vague, unclear 【意気】 [noun] spirits, especially high spirits [noun] disposition, willpower 【異気】 [noun] strange atmosphere 【遺棄】 [noun] abandonment; desertion [verb] to abandon 【委棄】 [noun] renunciation [verb] to renunciate 【偉器】 [noun] skillfulness, skillful person 【彝器】 [noun] ritual vessel 【彙記】 [noun] indexing, index 【移記】 [noun] transferring to the records [verb] to transfer to the records

(This term, いき, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms. For a list of all kanji read as いき, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いき.)