さざめく

Japanese

Alternative forms

さんざめく (sanzameku), ざんざめく (zanzameku)

Etymology

Originally ざざめく (zazameku),^[1]^[2]from ざざ (zaza, an onomatopoeic^[2] adverb) + めく (-meku, “being in a state of, appearing like”, a verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さざめく [sàzáméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sa̠za̠me̞kɯ̟]

Verb

さざめく • (sazameku) intransitive godan (stem さざめき (sazameki), past さざめいた (sazameita))

be boisterous
昼休(ひるやす)みの教(きょう)室(しつ)は、賑(にぎ)やかにさざめいている。
Hiruyasumi no kyōshitsu wa, nigiyaka ni sazameite iru.
The classroom during lunch break was lively and boisterous.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "さざめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	さざめか	sazameka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	さざめき	sazameki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	さざめく	sazameku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	さざめく	sazameku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	さざめけ	sazameke
Meireikei ("imperative")	さざめけ	sazameke
Key constructions
Passive	さざめかれる	sazamekareru
Causative	さざめかせるさざめかす	sazamekaseru sazamekasu
Potential	さざめける	sazamekeru
Volitional	さざめこう	sazamekō
Negative	さざめかない	sazamekanai
Negative continuative	さざめかず	sazamekazu
Formal	さざめきます	sazamekimasu
Perfective	さざめいた	sazameita
Conjunctive	さざめいて	sazameite
Hypothetical conditional	さざめけば	sazamekeba

References

^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

[1] Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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

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