躍起

Japanese

Kanji in this term
やく > やっ
Grade: S

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

躍起(やっき) (yakki) -na (adnominal 躍起(やっき) (yakki na), adverbial 躍起(やっき) (yakki ni))

  1. desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
    (かれ)躍起(やっき)になって(わたし)()いつこうとしている。
    Kare wa yakki ni natte watashi ni oitsukō toshiteiru.
    He is determined to catch me up.
    Synonym: 必死

Inflection

Noun

躍起(やっき) (yakki) 

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References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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