いきいき

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spellings
生き生き
活き活き

Etymology[edit]

From the stem of ()きる (ikiru), doubled and resembling an ideophone.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

いきいき (ikiikiいきいき (ikiiki)?

  1. vividly
  2. lively

Verb[edit]

いきいきする (ikiiki suruいきいき (ikiiki)?suru (stem いきいき (ikiikisuru shi), past いきいきした (ikiikisuru shita))

  1. look fresh
  2. be full of life

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

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