さざめく

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally ざざめく (zazameku),[1][2]from ざざ (zaza, an onomatopoeic[2] adverb) + めく (-meku, “being in a state of, appearing like”, a verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さざめ​く [sàzáméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠za̠me̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

さざめく • (sazameku) intransitive godan (stem さざめき (sazameki), past さざめいた (sazameita))

  1. be boisterous
    昼休(ひるやす)みの教(きょう)室(しつ)は、賑(にぎ)やかにさざめいている。
    Hiruyasumi no kyōshitsu wa, nigiyaka ni sazameite iru.
    The classroom during lunch break was lively and boisterous.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "さざめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") さざめか sazameka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") さざめき sazameki
Shūshikei ("terminal") さざめく sazameku
Rentaikei ("attributive") さざめく sazameku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") さざめけ sazameke
Meireikei ("imperative") さざめけ sazameke
Key constructions
Passive さざめかれる sazamekareru
Causative さざめかせる
さざめかす		 sazamekaseru
sazamekasu
Potential さざめける sazamekeru
Volitional さざめこう sazamekō
Negative さざめかない sazamekanai
Negative continuative さざめかず sazamekazu
Formal さざめきます sazamekimasu
Perfective さざめいた sazameita
Conjunctive さざめいて sazameite
Hypothetical conditional さざめけば sazamekeba

References
  1. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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