Grammar a Day - Level 1 [ めく (meku) ]

めく (meku) - like / ish

--- Notes ---
means '-ish' or 'steeped in'. hard to translate!

これはうまくいくだろうと確信めいたものを感じていた。
I felt sure that this would work out.

--- Examples ---
社長の皮肉めいた言い方を、社員は不快に感じている
because of the President's sarcastic like way of speech, the employees felt
uncomfortable.

きらめく太陽に青い海、考えだけでも胸がときめくわ。
The glisten ing sun on the blue sea...Ahhh, just thinking about it makes my
heart beat fast.

俺たちは十年来の友人じゃないか、そんな他人めいた言い方をするなよ。
Hey, we've been friends for many years right? Don't use such a
strangerish/stranger- like style of speaking with me!

--- Comments ---
what does this mean? example:　
山は春めく
(contributor: dc)

This grammar is quite difficult because it is hard to translate into
English. The best translation I can come up with is

* to become ~like (山は春めく - 'The mountain became spring-like')
* to show signs of (show signs of spring)
* ~ish (他人めく - 'strangerish')？
* ~ly (冗談めく - Jokingly/皮肉めく - sarcastically)
* ~ing (謎めく - Puzzling) (contributor: blabby)

Another interesting thing about this grammar is its use with
擬音語/擬態語

きらきらする = きらめく To glitter
ひらひらする = ひらめく To flash/flutter
どきどきする? = ときめく To pulpitate

If anyone can correct this or has more information, I would love to hear
it. (contributor: blabby)

きらめく、ときめく　are totally different animals from
皮肉めいた、他人めいた。 (contributor: dc)

名詞や副詞、形容詞や形容動詞の語幹base＋めく means like
something or being in a condtion of something. (contributor: Miki)

I thought that きらめく/ときめく was different to
皮肉めく/他人めく too. But in my old grammar dictionary and here:
http://ws.31rsm.ne.jp/~toolware/dictionary/412.html
they are treated as the same grammar point. Can anyone clarify this?
(contributor: blabby)

Natsumeku/Natsumeita/Natsumeite
I think they all mean 'summer-like'. (contributor: Suitto)

That's just the transformation of natsumeku 夏めく. Yes, all means
'summer-like'
すっかり夏めいてまいりました。皆様いかがお過ごしでしょうか。
Natsumeku here is used as compliments of the season for June in a letter.
(contributor: Miki)

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