いき

See also: いぎ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
息

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *Eki.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いき [íꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Noun

いき • (iki) 

1. breath

Verb

いきする • (iki suru) suru (stem いきし (iki shi), past いきした (iki shita))

1. to breathe

Conjugation

Conjugation of "息する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	息し	いきし	iki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	息し	いきし	iki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	息する	いきする	iki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	息する	いきする	iki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	息すれ	いきすれ	iki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	息せよ¹ 息しろ²	いきせよ¹ いきしろ²	iki seyo¹ iki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	息される	いきされる	iki sareru
Causative	息させる 息さす	いきさせる いきさす	iki saseru iki sasu
Potential	息できる	いきできる	iki dekiru
Volitional	息しよう	いきしよう	iki shiyō
Negative	息しない	いきしない	iki shinai
Negative continuative	息せず	いきせず	iki sezu
Formal	息します	いきします	iki shimasu
Perfective	息した	いきした	iki shita
Conjunctive	息して	いきして	iki shite
Hypothetical conditional	息すれば	いきすれば	iki sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 息(い)吹(ぶき) (ibuki)
• 呼(こ)吸(きゅう) (kokyū)

Derived terms

• ため息(いき) (tameiki, “sigh”)

See also

• 吐(は)く (haku)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
粋

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Noun

いき • (iki) 

1. chicness, stylishness

Adjective

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

1. chic, stylish, dapper; attractive; vibrant

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings
行き 往き

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Verb

いき • (iki) 

1. stem or continuative form of いく (iku) [godan]

Noun

いき or イき or イキ • (iki) 

1. alternative form of ゆき (yuki)
2. イき, イキ: (slang) orgasm; coming; cumming

Derived terms

• メスイキ (mesu-iki)

Etymology 4

Alternative spelling
生き

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

• (stet):

• (Tokyo) いき [ìkíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Verb

いき • (iki) 

1. imperfective or continuative of いきる

Noun

いき • (iki) 

1. living; condition of being alive
2. freshness; vitality
3. (publishing, proofreading) stet

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “living”): 死(し)に (shini)

Prefix

いき • (iki-) 

1. damned

Etymology 5

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

【壱岐】 [proper noun] Iki (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Iki, an old province of Japan

(This term, いき (iki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as いき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いき.

Etymology 6

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

【伊木】 [proper noun] a surname

(This term, いき (iki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as いき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いき.

Etymology 7

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】 [adjective] 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] (law) renunciation of ownership, etc. [verb] (law) 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 (iki), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as いき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いき.