殊更めく

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こと
Grade: S
さら
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

殊更(ことさら) (kotosara) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, a verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とさらめ [kòtósáráméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [5])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞to̞sa̠ɾa̠me̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

(こと)(さら)めく • (kotosarameku) intransitive godan (stem (こと)(さら)めき (kotosarameki), past (こと)(さら)めいた (kotosarameita))

  1. to appear to be intentional; affected; pretentious

Conjugation

References

  1. 殊更めく”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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