閃く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
閃
ひらめ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

ひら (hira, also found in ひらひら (hirahira)) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like”, a verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひらめ​く [hìráméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [çiɾa̠me̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

閃(ひらめ)く • (hirameku) intransitive godan (stem 閃(ひらめ)き (hirameki), past 閃(ひらめ)いた (hirameita))

  1. to flash
  2. to glitter
  3. to come up with an idea, to get an idea

Conjugation
Conjugation of "閃く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 閃か ひらめか hirameka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 閃き ひらめき hirameki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 閃く ひらめく hirameku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 閃く ひらめく hirameku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 閃け ひらめけ hirameke
Meireikei ("imperative") 閃け ひらめけ hirameke
Key constructions
Passive 閃かれる ひらめかれる hiramekareru
Causative 閃かせる
閃かす		 ひらめかせる
ひらめかす		 hiramekaseru
hiramekasu
Potential 閃ける ひらめける hiramekeru
Volitional 閃こう ひらめこう hiramekō
Negative 閃かない ひらめかない hiramekanai
Negative continuative 閃かず ひらめかず hiramekazu
Formal 閃きます ひらめきます hiramekimasu
Perfective 閃いた ひらめいた hirameita
Conjunctive 閃いて ひらめいて hirameite
Hypothetical conditional 閃けば ひらめけば hiramekeba

References
  1. “閃く”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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