"めく" meaning in Japanese

See めく in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Ultimate derivation unknown. Possibly related to suffix む (-mu, “to seem like, to look like, to behave like”) and derivative める (-meru, “to make something seem like, look like, behave like”); compare also 目 (me, “eye”). The suffix is first attested in the Tosa Nikki of 935. Use as a standalone verb appears much later in works from the early 1800s. Etymological theories Some etymological theories were proposed by some sources: * The Wa-kun no Shiyori and Daigenkai derive this from 見来 (mie-ku, literally “to come seen”). * The Myōgoki derives this from a shift of miekeku, miekemu, or misekemu, without any further context. * The Wa-kun no Shiyori derives this from 向く (muku, “to face”). * The Meigentsū derives this from 見る (miru, “to see”). Etymology templates: {{unk|ja|nocap=1}} unknown, {{ja-r|-む||to seem like, to look like, to behave like}} む (-mu, “to seem like, to look like, to behave like”), {{ja-r|-める||to make something seem like, look like, behave like}} める (-meru, “to make something seem like, look like, behave like”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|type=1}} めく • (-meku) godan (stem めき (-meki), past めいた (-meita)) Forms: -meku [romanization], めき [stem], めいた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], めか [error-unrecognized-form], meka [error-unrecognized-form], めき [error-unrecognized-form], meki [error-unrecognized-form], めく [error-unrecognized-form], meku [error-unrecognized-form], めけ [error-unrecognized-form], meke [error-unrecognized-form], めかれる [passive], mekareru [passive], めかせる [causative], めかす [causative], mekaseru [causative], mekasu [causative], めける [potential], mekeru [potential], めこう [volitional], mekō [volitional], めかない [negative], mekanai [negative], めかず [continuative, negative], mekazu [continuative, negative], めきます [formal], mekimasu [formal], めいた [perfective], meita [perfective], めいて [conjunctive], meite [conjunctive], めけば [conditional, hypothetical], mekeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-めく-ja-suffix-qiArTSS~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Derived forms: 粧す (mekasu) (ruby: (めか)), 蠢く (ugomeku) (ruby: (うごめ)), 呻く (umeku) (ruby: (うめ)), からめく (karameku), きらめく (kirameku), くるめく (kurumeku), 殊更めく (kotosarameku) (ruby: 殊更(ことさら)), さざめく (sazameku), ときめく (tokimeku), どよめく (doyomeku), 謎めく (nazomeku) (ruby: (なぞ)), はためく (hatameku), 犇めく (hishimeku) (ruby: (ひし)), 閃く (hirameku) (ruby: (ひらめ)), ふためく (futameku), 古めく (furumeku) (ruby: (ふる)), めくるめく (mekurumeku), 揺らめく (yurameku) (ruby: ()), よろめく (yoromeku), わめく (wameku)

Verb

Etymology: Ultimate derivation unknown. Possibly related to suffix む (-mu, “to seem like, to look like, to behave like”) and derivative める (-meru, “to make something seem like, look like, behave like”); compare also 目 (me, “eye”). The suffix is first attested in the Tosa Nikki of 935. Use as a standalone verb appears much later in works from the early 1800s. Etymological theories Some etymological theories were proposed by some sources: * The Wa-kun no Shiyori and Daigenkai derive this from 見来 (mie-ku, literally “to come seen”). * The Myōgoki derives this from a shift of miekeku, miekemu, or misekemu, without any further context. * The Wa-kun no Shiyori derives this from 向く (muku, “to face”). * The Meigentsū derives this from 見る (miru, “to see”). Etymology templates: {{unk|ja|nocap=1}} unknown, {{ja-r|-む||to seem like, to look like, to behave like}} む (-mu, “to seem like, to look like, to behave like”), {{ja-r|-める||to make something seem like, look like, behave like}} める (-meru, “to make something seem like, look like, behave like”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|tr=intrans|type=1}} めく • (meku) intransitive godan (stem めき (meki), past めいた (meita)) Forms: meku [romanization], めき [stem], めいた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], めか [error-unrecognized-form], meka [error-unrecognized-form], めき [error-unrecognized-form], meki [error-unrecognized-form], めく [error-unrecognized-form], meku [error-unrecognized-form], めけ [error-unrecognized-form], meke [error-unrecognized-form], めかれる [passive], mekareru [passive], めかせる [causative], めかす [causative], mekaseru [causative], mekasu [causative], めける [potential], mekeru [potential], めこう [volitional], mekō [volitional], めかない [negative], mekanai [negative], めかず [continuative, negative], mekazu [continuative, negative], めきます [formal], mekimasu [formal], めいた [perfective], meita [perfective], めいて [conjunctive], meite [conjunctive], めけば [conditional, hypothetical], mekeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) to look like something Tags: archaic, obsolete, possibly
    Sense id: en-めく-ja-verb-sFOoF98V Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 40 60 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59

Alternative forms

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        "to look like something"
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        "(archaic, possibly obsolete) to look like something"
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      "roman": "umeku",
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      "roman": "karameku",
      "word": "からめく"
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      "roman": "kirameku",
      "word": "きらめく"
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      "roman": "hishimeku",
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      "form": "めけ",
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      "form": "meke",
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    },
    {
      "form": "めかれる",
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    {
      "form": "mekareru",
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      "form": "めかせる",
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      "form": "めかす",
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        "causative"
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    },
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      "form": "mekaseru",
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      "form": "mekasu",
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        "causative"
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      "form": "めける",
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      "form": "mekeru",
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      "form": "めこう",
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      "form": "mekō",
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      "form": "めかない",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "mekanai",
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      "form": "めきます",
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      "form": "mekimasu",
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        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "めいた",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "meita",
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        "perfective"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "めいて",
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      "form": "meite",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "めけば",
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      "form": "めかす",
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      "form": "mekaseru",
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        "causative"
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      "form": "めいて",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for めく meaning in Japanese (10.7kB)

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  "title": "めく",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "めく"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "めく",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). 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.