謎めく

Japanese
Kanji in this term
謎
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) なぞめ​く [nàzóméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [na̠zo̞me̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

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

  1. be enigmatic

Conjugation
Conjugation of "謎めく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 謎めか なぞめか nazomeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 謎めき なぞめき nazomeki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 謎めく なぞめく nazomeku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 謎めく なぞめく nazomeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 謎めけ なぞめけ nazomeke
Meireikei ("imperative") 謎めけ なぞめけ nazomeke
Key constructions
Passive 謎めかれる なぞめかれる nazomekareru
Causative 謎めかせる
謎めかす		 なぞめかせる
なぞめかす		 nazomekaseru
nazomekasu
Potential 謎めける なぞめける nazomekeru
Volitional 謎めこう なぞめこう nazomekō
Negative 謎めかない なぞめかない nazomekanai
Negative continuative 謎めかず なぞめかず nazomekazu
Formal 謎めきます なぞめきます nazomekimasu
Perfective 謎めいた なぞめいた nazomeita
Conjunctive 謎めいて なぞめいて nazomeite
Hypothetical conditional 謎めけば なぞめけば nazomekeba

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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