めくるめく

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
目眩く

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(me, eye) + (くるめ) (kurumeku, from くる (kuru, an ideophone[1]) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix))

Pronunciation

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Verb

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めくるめく (mekurumekuめくるめく (mekurumeku)?intransitive godan (stem めくるめき (mekurumeki), past めくるめいた (mekurumeita))

  1. (chiefly adnominal) to become dizzy
    めくるめく(たか)
    mekurumeku takasa
    dizzying height
    (literally, “height where one becomes dizzy”)

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN