いけ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
池

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *ikay.

Pronunciation

Noun

いけ • (ike) 

  1. 池: a pond (small lake or pool)
    池(いけ)を乾(ほ)す
    ike o hosu
    drain a pond
    • 1959, “南国土佐を後にして”, 武政英策 (lyrics), performed by ペギー葉山:
      言(い)うたちいかんちや おらんくの池(いけ)にゃ
      潮(しお)吹(ふ)く魚(さかな)が 泳(およ)ぎよる
      iutachi ikanchiya oranku no ike nya
      shio fuku sakana ga oyogiyoru
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. 池: a pool (small amount of liquid in a surface)
  3. 池: (calligraphy) part of an inkstone where water is stored
    Synonym: 海 (umi)
Derived terms
Proverbs
  • 池(いけ)に落(お)ちた犬(いぬ)はたたけ (ike ni ochita inu wa tatake)
See also

Proper noun

いけ • (Ike) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
行け

Verb

いけ • (ike) 

  1. 行け: imperative of いく

References

  1. “池”, 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
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