いけ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
池

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.^[1] From Proto-Japonic *ikay.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

いけ • (ike)

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)
池: a pool (small amount of liquid in a surface)
池: (calligraphy) part of an inkstone where water is stored
Synonym: 海 (umi)

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)

池, 井家: a surname

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
行け

Verb

いけ • (ike)

行け: imperative of いく

References

^ “池”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN