意気込む

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 1
こ > ご
Grade: S

Etymology

Compound of 意気 (iki, spirits, enthusiasm) + 込む (komu, to go into; to be full of, to have a lot of).[1][2] The komu changes to gomu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Verb

意気込む (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana いきごむ, rōmaji ikigomu)

  1. to be enthusiastic, to be keen

Conjugation

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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