ときめく
Japanese
Pronunciation
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 • (tokimeku) intransitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ときめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ときめか | tokimeka | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ときめき | tokimeki | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ときめく | tokimeku | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ときめく | tokimeku | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ときめけ | tokimeke | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 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 • (tokimeku) intransitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ときめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ときめか | tokimeka | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ときめき | tokimeki | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ときめく | tokimeku | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ときめく | tokimeku | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ときめけ | tokimeke | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN