ふためく

Japanese

Etymology

ふた (futa, an onomatopoeia also found in the adverb ふたふた (futafuta)) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ta̠me̞kɯ̟]

Verb

ふためく • (futamekuintransitive godan (stem ふためき (futameki), past ふためいた (futameita))

  1. to make a commotion, to make a racket

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ ふためく”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006