Illustration: At the entrance to a community garden, a new volunteer plants their feet firmly, rolls both sleeves above the elbows, and grips a spade with an eager grin. An overgrown bed waits directly in front of them.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

意い気き込ごむ

ikigomu

to be eager, to be determined

Example sentences

  1. 初はじめから意気込いきごみすぎると、途中とちゅうで息切いきぎれするぞ。

    You have to pace yourself or you’ll choke halfway through.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 宿題しゅくだいを早はやく終おわらせるぞと意気込いきごむが、やっぱりだらだら過すごしてしまう。

    I set out determined to finish my homework quickly, but end up lazing around as usual.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. せっかく、英語えいごで注文ちゅうもんしようと意気込いきごんで入はいったのに、日本語にほんごで「いらっしゃいませ」って言いわれた。あれ？って感かんじ。

    After I got all worked up about ordering in English, I walked in the store and they greeted me with "Irasshaimase!" I felt, like, "What the ...?"

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 意気込

  • 意idea; mindOnイ
  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 込crowded; mixtureKunこむ・こみ・こめる

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