むきむき

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きむき [mùkímúkí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟kʲimɯ̟kʲi]

Adjective

むきむき or ムキムキ • (mukimukiむきむき (mukimuki)?-na (adnominal むきむき (mukimuki na), adverbial むきむき (mukimuki ni))

  1. (informal) muscular, brawny
Inflection

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
向き向き

Reduplication of () (muki).

Pronunciation

Noun

むきむき • (mukimukiむきむき (mukimuki)?

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN