"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 Related terms: くるくる (kurukuru)

Alternative forms

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