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いきいき

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
生き生き
活き活き

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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いきいき (ikiikiいきいき (ikiiki)?

  1. vividly
  2. lively

Verb

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

  1. look fresh
  2. be full of life

Conjugation

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References

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