生いき

noun

living; being alive

Only when written 生き · Only with reading いき

Nominal or compound use referring to the state of being alive, often contrasted with 死に as in 生き死に.

Antonyms: 死に

• これは人ひとの生いき死しにに関かかわる問もん題だいだ。

  This is a matter involving people's life and death.

noun

freshness; liveliness; vitality

Only when written 生き / 活き · Only with reading いき

Used for something fresh, vigorous, or full of life; 活き often highlights this vivid or fresh quality.

• このアジはまだ活いきがいい。

  This horse mackerel is still very fresh.

• 活いきのいい若わか手てがチームに入はいってきた。

  A lively young member has joined the team.

noun

life of a Go group; uncapturable group

Only when written 生き · Only with reading いき

Go term for stones that cannot be captured, typically because the group has two or more eyes.

• 黒くろは二に眼がんを作つくって生いきになった。

  Black made two eyes and became alive.

noun

stet; leave as is

Only with reading イキ

Proofreading and editing notation meaning that a proposed deletion or correction should be canceled and the original text left unchanged; usually written イキ.

• 校こう正せい者しゃはその修しゅう正せいに「イキ」と書かいた。

  The proofreader wrote “stet” on that correction.

prefix

damned; wretched

Only when written 生き · Only with reading いき

Rare, limited prefix-like use with a cursing or strongly derogatory force, mostly in fixed or old-fashioned expressions rather than productive modern usage.

• 「生いき畜ちく生しょう」のような語ごでは、生いきがののしりの調ちょう子しを強つよめる。

  In words like 生き畜生, 生き strengthens the abusive tone.