いけ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
池

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From Proto-Japonic *ikay.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いけ​ [ìkéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ike̞]

Noun

いけ • (ike) 

1. 池: a pond (small lake or pool)

   池(いけ)を乾(ほ)す

   ike o hosu

   drain a pond

   • 1959, “南国土佐を後にして”, 武政英策 (lyrics), performed by ペギー葉山:

     言(い)うたちいかんちや　おらんくの池(いけ)にゃ
     潮(しお)吹(ふ)く魚(さかな)が　泳(およ)ぎよる

     iutachi ikanchiya oranku no ike nya
     shio fuku sakana ga oyogiyoru

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. 池: a pool (small amount of liquid in a surface)
3. 池: (calligraphy) part of an inkstone where water is stored

   Synonym: 海 (umi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 池(いけ)袋(ぶくろ) (Ikebukuro)
• 内(うち)池(いけ) (uchiike)
• 涸(か)れ池(いけ) (kareike)
• 枯(か)れ池(いけ) (kareike)
• 心(こころ)の池(いけ) (kokoro no ike)
• 猿(さる)沢(さわの)池(いけ) (Sarusawa-no-ike)
• 人(じん)工(こう)池(いけ) (jinkō ike)
• 溜(た)め池(いけ) (tameike)
• 溜(てめ)池(いけ) (temeike)
• 古(ふる)池(いけ) (furuike)
• 用(よう)水(すい)池(いけ) (yōsui ike)

Proverbs

• 池(いけ)に落(お)ちた犬(いぬ)はたたけ (ike ni ochita inu wa tatake)

See also

• 硯(すずり) (suzuri, “inkstone”)
• 堀(ほり) (hori, “moat”)

Proper noun

いけ • (Ike) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
行け

Verb

いけ • (ike) 

1. 行け: imperative of いく