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Common
Definitions
  1. adverb (with と), suru verblively; energetic; full of life
    あの魚屋さかなやではぴんぴん生いきている魚さかなを売うっている。↗
    They sell live fish at the fish store.
  2. adverb (with と), suru verbvigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.)
  3. adverb (with と)piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating; grating
Conjugation
Dictionary formぴんぴんする
Polite (masu)ぴんぴんします
Negative (nai)ぴんぴんしない
polite (masen)ぴんぴんしません
classical zu / nuぴんぴんせず・ぴんぴんせぬ
Past (ta)ぴんぴんした
polite (mashita)ぴんぴんしました
Past negative (nakatta)ぴんぴんしなかった
polite (masen deshita)ぴんぴんしませんでした
Te formぴんぴんして
Potentialぴんぴんできる
Passiveぴんぴんされる
Causativeぴんぴんさせる
Causative passiveぴんぴんさせられる
Conditional (ba)ぴんぴんすれば
taraぴんぴんしたら
Volitionalぴんぴんしよう
polite (mashou)ぴんぴんしましょう
Imperativeぴんぴんしろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • RelatedキビキビNeutralBrisk and efficient in movement or speech, as in 「キビキビ働く」; unlike 「ぴんぴん」, it does not stress good health.
  • AntonymぐったりNeutralLimp and drained with exhaustion, no strength left; the opposite of lively, energetic 「ぴんぴん」.
  • Antonym弱々しいよわよわしいWrittenA written, formal word for looking weak and lacking vitality; the opposite of energetic 「ぴんぴん」.

Use 「ぴんぴん」 for hale, hearty people (often the elderly) and lively flopping fish, as in 「祖父はまだぴんぴんしている」; for brisk, efficient action use 「キビキビ」, and 「ぐったり」 is the opposite.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 体からだが元気げんきで、勢いきおいがあって生き生いきいきしている様子ようす。
  2. 魚さかななどが力強ちからづよく跳ね上はねあがったり、激はげしくばたついたりする様子ようす。
  3. 音おとが耳みみに突き刺つきささるように鋭するどく聞きこえる様子ようす。
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