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閃く

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひらめ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

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ひら (hira, also found in ひらひら (hirahira)) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(ひらめ) (hiramekuintransitive godan (stem (ひらめ) (hirameki), past (ひらめ)いた (hirameita))

  1. to flash
  2. to glitter
  3. to come up with an idea, to get an idea

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ 閃く”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  3. ^ 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