"めくるめく" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [me̞kɯ̟ɾɯ̟me̞kɯ̟]
Etymology: め (me, “eye”) + 眩(くるめ)く (kurumeku, from くる (kuru, an ideophone) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like”, a verb-forming suffix)) Etymology templates: {{com-ja|くる||-めく|pos1=an ideophone|pos2=a verb-forming suffix|sort=めくるめく|t2=to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like}} くる (kuru, an ideophone) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like”, a verb-forming suffix), {{com-ja|め||眩く|くるめく|pos2=from くる (<span class="mention-tr tr">kuru</span>, an ideophone) + めく (<span class="mention-tr tr">-meku</span>, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like”, a verb-forming suffix)|t1=eye}} め (me, “eye”) + 眩(くるめ)く (kurumeku, from くる (kuru, an ideophone) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like”, a verb-forming suffix)) Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=めくるめく|tr=intr|type=1}} めくるめく • (mekurumeku) ^(←めくるめく (mekurumeku)?)intransitive godan (stem めくるめき (mekurumeki), past めくるめいた (mekurumeita)) Forms: mekurumeku [romanization], めくるめき [stem], めくるめいた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], めくるめか [error-unrecognized-form], mekurumeka [error-unrecognized-form], めくるめき [error-unrecognized-form], mekurumeki [error-unrecognized-form], めくるめく [error-unrecognized-form], mekurumeku [error-unrecognized-form], めくるめけ [error-unrecognized-form], mekurumeke [error-unrecognized-form], めくるめかれる [passive], mekurumekareru [passive], めくるめかせる [causative], めくるめかす [causative], mekurumekaseru [causative], mekurumekasu [causative], めくるめける [potential], mekurumekeru [potential], めくるめこう [volitional], mekurumekō [volitional], めくるめかない [negative], mekurumekanai [negative], めくるめかず [continuative, negative], mekurumekazu [continuative, negative], めくるめきます [formal], mekurumekimasu [formal], めくるめいた [perfective], mekurumeita [perfective], めくるめいて [conjunctive], mekurumeite [conjunctive], めくるめけば [conditional, hypothetical], mekurumekeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (chiefly adnominal) to become dizzy Tags: adnominal Synonyms: めくりめく (mekurimeku) [nonstandard], めぐるめく (megurumeku), めぐりめく (megurimeku) Related terms: くるくる (kurukuru)

Alternative forms

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      "form": "mekurumekeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "めくるめこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "mekurumekō",
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      "form": "めくるめかない",
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      "form": "めくるめいた",
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              "たか"
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    {
      "form": "めくるめかれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "mekurumekareru",
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    {
      "form": "めくるめかせる",
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    {
      "form": "めくるめかす",
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      "form": "mekurumekaseru",
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      "form": "めくるめける",
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      "form": "mekurumekeru",
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      "form": "めくるめこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "mekurumekō",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "めくるめかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mekurumekanai",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "めくるめかず",
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      "form": "めくるめきます",
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    {
      "form": "mekurumekimasu",
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        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "めくるめいた",
      "source": "conjugation",
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              "たか"
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      "ipa": "[me̞kɯ̟ɾɯ̟me̞kɯ̟]"
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    },
    {
      "roman": "megurimeku",
      "word": "めぐりめく"
    }
  ],
  "word": "めくるめく"
}

Download raw JSONL data for めくるめく meaning in Japanese (5.6kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "title": "めくるめく",
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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "めくるめく"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "めくるめく",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "めくるめく"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "めくるめく",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.