さざめく

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally ざざめく (zazameku),[1][2]from ざざ (zaza, an onomatopoeic[2] adverb) + めく (-meku, being in a state of, appearing like, a verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

さざめく • (sazamekuintransitive godan (stem さざめき (sazameki), past さざめいた (sazameita))

  1. be boisterous
    昼休(ひるやす)(きょう)(しつ)は、(にぎ)やかさざめいている。
    Hiruyasumi no kyōshitsu wa, nigiyaka ni sazameite iru.
    The classroom during lunch break was lively and boisterous.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN