ふためく

Japanese

Etymology

ふた (futa, an onomatopoeia also found in the adverb ふたふた (futafuta)) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝta̠me̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ふためく • (futameku) intransitive godan (stem ふためき (futameki), past ふためいた (futameita))

  1. to make a commotion, to make a racket

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References

  1. ふためく”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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