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意気込む
いきごむ
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to be enthusiastic about
Ikigomu is 意気 (iki, “spirits, enthusiasm”) plus 込む (komu, “to go into; to be full of, to have a lot of”), with komu voiced to gomu by rendaku.
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In a sentence
初めから意気込みすぎると、途中で息切れするぞ。
You have to pace yourself or you'll choke halfway through.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “Compound of 意気(いき) (iki, “spirits, enthusiasm”) + 込(こ)む (komu, “to go into; to be full of, to have a lot of”). The komu changes to gomu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).”
Source: Wiktionary: 意気込む (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 混種語 Hybrid
- Words that mix layers, e.g. a native part with a Chinese one.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.
- Rendaku
- The first sound of the second part voices when two native words join (kami → -gami).