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There are 20 total results for your 活き search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

活き

see styles
 iki
    いき
(1) living; being alive; (2) freshness; liveliness; vitality; (3) situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); (4) (kana only) stet; leave as-is (proofreading); (prefix) (5) damned

活きる

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 ikiru
    いきる
(v1,vi) (1) to live; to exist; (2) to make a living; to subsist; (3) to be in effect; to be in use; to function; (4) to come to life; to be enlivened; (5) to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

活き餌

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 ikie
    いきえ
live bait

活きじめ

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 ikijime
    いきじめ
(can be adjective with の) fresh-frozen (e.g. fish); quickly frozen

活き作り

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 ikizukuri
    いきづくり
slicing a fish and presenting it at table in its original form; slices of fresh raw fish arranged to look lifelike

活き活き

see styles
 ikiiki / ikiki
    いきいき
(adv,adv-to,vs) vividly; lively

活き締め

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 ikijime
    いきじめ
    ikishime
    いきしめ
(1) draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh; (2) fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport); (3) killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank; (1) fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport); (2) killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank

活き造り

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 ikizukuri
    いきづくり
slicing a fish and presenting it at table in its original form; slices of fresh raw fish arranged to look lifelike

Variations:
活き魚
生き魚

see styles
 ikiuo; ikizakana(生ki魚)
    いきうお; いきざかな(生き魚)
live fish

Variations:
活き締め
活締め

see styles
 ikijime; ikishime
    いきじめ; いきしめ
(1) (いきじめ only) (See 活け締め・いけじめ・1) draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh; (2) (esp. いきしめ) (See 活け締め・いけじめ・2) fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport); (3) (esp. いきしめ) (See 活け締め・いけじめ・3) killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank

Variations:
生き(P)
活き

see styles
 iki(p); iki
    いき(P); イキ
(1) (ant: 死に・1) living; being alive; (2) freshness; liveliness; vitality; (3) {go} situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; (4) (kana only) (usually イキ) stet (proofreading); leave as-is; (prefix) (5) damned

Variations:
活じめ
活きじめ

see styles
 ikijime
    いきじめ
(can be adjective with の) fresh-frozen (e.g. fish); quickly frozen

Variations:
生きる(P)
活きる

see styles
 ikiru
    いきる
(v1,vi) (1) to live; to exist; (v1,vi) (2) to make a living; to subsist; (v1,vi) (3) to be in effect; to be in use; to function; (v1,vi) (4) to come to life; to be enlivened; (v1,vi) (5) to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

Variations:
生き生き(P)
活き活き

see styles
 ikiiki / ikiki
    いきいき
(adv,adv-to,vs) in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

Variations:
生き餌
生餌
活き餌
活餌

see styles
 ikie
    いきえ
live bait

Variations:
生きる(P)
活きる(rK)

see styles
 ikiru
    いきる
(v1,vi) (1) to live; to exist; (v1,vi) (2) to make a living; to subsist; (v1,vi) (3) to be in effect; to be in use; to function; (v1,vi) (4) to come to life; to be enlivened; (v1,vi) (5) to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

Variations:
活き造り
活き作り
生き作り
生作り(io)

see styles
 ikizukuri
    いきづくり
(See 活け造り・1) sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape

Variations:
活き造り
活造り
活き作り
生き造り
生造り
生き作り
生作り(sK)
活作り(sK)

see styles
 ikizukuri
    いきづくり
(See 活け造り・1) sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape

Variations:
活きのいい
生きのいい
活きの良い
生きの良い
活きのよい(sK)
生きのよい(sK)

see styles
 ikinoii; ikinoyoi(活kino良i, 生kino良i); ikinoii; ikinoyoi(sk) / ikinoi; ikinoyoi(活kino良i, 生kino良i); ikinoi; ikinoyoi(sk)
    いきのいい; いきのよい(活きの良い, 生きの良い); イキのいい; イキのよい(sk)
(exp,adj-ix) (1) (See 活きがいい・1) fresh (e.g. fish); (exp,adj-ix) (2) lively; spirited; animated; full of energy

Variations:
活きがいい
生きがいい
活きが良い
生きが良い
活きがよい(sK)
イキが良い(sK)
いきが良い(sK)
生きがよい(sK)

see styles
 ikigaii; ikigayoi(活kiga良i, 生kiga良i); ikigaii / ikigai; ikigayoi(活kiga良i, 生kiga良i); ikigai
    いきがいい; いきがよい(活きが良い, 生きが良い); イキがいい
(exp,adj-ix) (1) fresh (e.g. fish); (exp,adj-ix) (2) lively; spirited; animated; full of energy
This page contains 20 results for "活き" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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