躍起|やっきyakki[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, noundesperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
    ますます多おおくの人ひとが、その媒体ばいたいの双方向そうほうこう的てきな性質せいしつを利用りようしようと躍起やっきになっている。↗
    More and more people are rushing to make use of the interactive nature of the medium.
Conjugation
Plain form躍起(やっき)
Polite (desu)躍起です(やっきです)
Negative (dewa nai)躍起ではない(やっきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)躍起ではありません(やっきではありません)
Past (datta)躍起だった(やっきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)躍起ではなかった(やっきではなかった)
Te form (de)躍起で(やっきで)
Adverbial (ni)躍起に(やっきに)
Conditional (nara)躍起なら(やっきなら)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related乗り気のりきCasualColloquial: having the urge or keenness to do something, as in 「乗り気でない」. 「躍起」 suggests anxious, straining desperation and usually appears as 「躍起になる」.
  • Related熱心ねっしんNeutralZealous devotion to something, as in 「熱心な生徒」. 「躍起」 adds an anxious, straining edge — the sense of losing one's composure.
  • Related物狂おしいものぐるおしいWrittenA written adjective for a frantic, restless state of mind. 「躍起」 centers on anxious, straining desperation.
  • Antonym冷静れいせいNeutralCalm and composed; the neutral antonym, opposite to 「躍起」 on the axis of anxious straining versus calmness.
  • Antonym平然へいぜんWrittenWritten register: calm and unconcerned; opposite to 「躍起」 on the axis of anxiety versus calm.

For anxious, straining desperation use 「躍起になる」, as in 「否定に躍起になる」. Use 「乗り気」 for being keen on something and 「熱心」 for zealous effort; the opposites are 「冷静」 and 「平然」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (多おおく「躍起やっきとなる」「躍起やっきになる」の形かたちで)焦あせってむきになること。またむきになって非常ひじょうに熱中ねっちゅうすること。熱心ねっしんにやること。
  2. おどりたつこと。
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