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Word of the Day

咲(さ)き誇(ほこ)る

Rank #19,163

Found in 339 VNs · 980 total media

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Meanings

v5rvi

to be in full bloom
to blossom in full glory
to be in fullness of bloom

Pitch accent

Forms

咲き誇る

95.6%

咲きほこる

4.2%

咲誇る

<0.1%

さきほこる

<0.1%

Example Sentences

from Jiten

真っ赤に咲き誇った血の花びらの大半は、どうやら脇腹の爪痕でも僕の失われた眼窩でもなく。

Source: JOKER -Shisen no Hate no Doukeshi-

「私たちを見てくださいって、こんなに精一杯咲き誇って、そして散っているのに。」

Source: Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side

戦場で撃たれて落馬した土方さんと私は、未だ咲き誇る北の桜を目の当たりにする。

Source: Hakuouki Shinkai: Ginsei no Shou

Sentences with Translation

from Tatoeba

地球は様々な花が咲き誇る庭園です。

The world is a garden of different flowers.

Kanji

咲

bloom, blossom

Heisig: blossom

N2Junior high9 strokes#1,057 freq

On'yomi

ショウ

Kun'yomi

-ざき、さ.く

Common Compounds

咲く(さく)to rise up (of breaking waves)

咲い(わらい)sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

咲う

Conjugations

Godan verb

Dictionary咲き誇る

Plain present

Polite咲き誇ります

Polite present

Negative咲き誇らない

Plain negative

Past咲き誇った

Plain past

Te-form咲き誇って

Connective

Potential咲き誇れる

Can do

Passive咲き誇られる

Is done

Causative咲き誇らせる

Make do

Imperative咲き誇れ

Command

Volitional咲き誇ろう

Let's / intend to

Conditional咲き誇れば

Related VNDB Tags

Tags common across the top 50 VNs where this word appears most

Cherry Blossomin 6 VNs Brief Third-person Narrative Sectionsin 5 VNs Ladder Structurein 5 VNs Multiple Credit Rollsin 5 VNs Multiple Route Mysteryin 13 VNs Enforced Playing Orderin 16 VNs Infinite Spontaneous Power-upsin 3 VNs

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Recent Words

性格的

せいかくてきadj-naJun 12

personality-wise; by nature; characteristic

proud

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

さきほこる○

Most found in

9 R.I.P. sequel

46 occurrences

Most found in

9 R.I.P. sequel

46 occurrences

(わらう)

to laugh

返咲き(かえりざき)comeback (e.g. in business), reinstatement

早咲(はやざき)early blooming, early flowering

遅咲(おそざき)late blooming (flower, talent), late flowering

咲誇る(さきほこる)to be in full bloom, to blossom in full glory, to be in fullness of bloom

咲乱れる(さきみだれる)to bloom in profusion

誇

be proud, boast, pride, triumphantly

Heisig: boast

N1Junior high13 strokes#1,009 freq

On'yomi

コ

Kun'yomi

ほこ.る

Common Compounds

誇張(こちょう)exaggeration

誇り(ほこり)pride, boast, credit (to)

誇る(ほこる)to boast of, to be proud of, to take pride in

誇大(こだい)exaggeration, hyperbole

誇示(こじ)ostentation, display

咲誇る(さきほこる)to be in full bloom, to blossom in full glory, to be in fullness of bloom

誇らしい(ほこらしい)proud, haughty, arrogant

Nun Support Character

in 3 VNs

game cartridge

valiant; brave; bold

Red List (e.g. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species)

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