ときめく

• (Tokyo) ときめく [tòkíméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞kʲime̞kɯ̟]

Compound of とき (toki) + めく (-meku, “looking like, behaving like, becoming like”, verb-forming suffix).^[1][2][3] The derivation of the toki element is unclear. It might be cognate with the doki element in adverb どきどき (dokidoki, “throbbingly, beatingly, poundingly”) in reference to one's heart.

ときめく • (tokimeku) intransitive godan (stem ときめき (tokimeki), past ときめいた (tokimeita))

1. to be restless with emotion, to throb with anxiety

Compound of 時(とき) (toki, “time”, in the sense of “one's time, one's moment”) + めく (-meku, “looking like, behaving like, becoming like”, verb-forming suffix).^[1][2][3] Compare English every dog has its day.

ときめく • (tokimeku) intransitive godan (stem ときめき (tokimeki), past ときめいた (tokimeita))

1. 時めく: to prosper, to thrive, to be in full bloom; to be influential