# いき
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Alternative spelling
* 息
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *Eki.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いき [íꜜkì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ikʲi]

#### Noun

いき • (iki)
* breath
    息(いき)をする ― iki o suru ― to breathe

#### Synonyms

* 息(い)吹(ぶき) (ibuki)
* 呼(こ)吸(きゅう) (kokyū)

#### See also

* 吐(は)く (haku)

#### Derived terms

* ため息(いき) (tameiki, “sigh”)

### Etymology 2

* Alternative spelling
* 粋

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ikʲi]

#### Noun

いき • (iki)
* chicness, stylishness

#### Adjective

いき • (iki) -na (adnominal いきな (iki na), adverbial いきに (iki ni))
* chic, stylish, dapper; attractive; vibrant

### Etymology 3

* Alternative spellings
* 行き 往き

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ikʲi]

#### Verb

いき • (iki)
* stem or continuative form of いく (iku) [godan]

#### Noun

いき or イき or イキ • (iki)
* Alternative form of ゆき (yuki)
* イき, イキ: (slang) orgasm; coming; cumming

##### Derived terms

* メスイキ (mesu-iki)

### Etymology 4

* Alternative spelling
* 生き

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ikʲi]
* (stet):
* (Tokyo) いき [ìkíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* (Tokyo) いき [ìkí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ikʲi]

#### Verb

いき • (iki)
* imperfective or continuative of いきる

#### Noun

いき • (iki)
* living; condition of being alive
* freshness; vitality
* (publishing, proofreading) stet

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “living”): 死(し)に (shini)

#### Prefix

いき • (iki-)
* damned

### Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of いき – see the following entry. :
| 【壱岐】 | [proper noun] Iki (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Iki, an old province of Japan |
(This term, いき (iki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as いき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いき.) :

### Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of いき – see the following entry. :
| 【伊木】 | [proper noun] a surname |
(This term, いき (iki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as いき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いき.) :

### Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of いき – see the following entries. :
| 【域】6 | [noun] region, level [affix] range, region, limits, stage, level [affix] land, territory |
| 【閾】H | [noun] threshold [affix] threshold |
| 【位記】 | [noun] court rank diploma |
| 【依稀】 | [adjective] faint, dim, vague, unclear |
| 【意気】 | [noun] spirits, especially high spirits [noun] disposition, willpower |
| 【異気】 | [noun] strange atmosphere |
| 【遺棄】 | [noun] abandonment; desertion [verb] to abandon |
| 【委棄】 | [noun] renunciation [verb] to renunciate |
| 【偉器】 | [noun] skillfulness, skillful person |
| 【彝器】 | [noun] ritual vessel |
| 【彙記】 | [noun] indexing, index |
| 【移記】 | [noun] transferring to the records [verb] to transfer to the records |
(This term, いき (iki), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as いき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いき.) :

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 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