謎めく

Japanese

Kanji in this term
なぞ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From なぞ (nazo, mystery, puzzle) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, a verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぞめ [nàzóméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [na̠zo̞me̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

(なぞ)めく (nazomeku) intransitive godan (stem (なぞ)めき (nazomeki), past (なぞ)めいた (nazomeita))

  1. be enigmatic

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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