Illustration: Along a Japanese residential lane, small new leaves unfold from a branch above a garden wall, and several flower buds have just opened. A pedestrian pauses to loosen a thick winter scarf, turning their face toward the mild sunlight.

めく

meku

to seem like, to show signs of

Attaches to nouns, as in 謎めく. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

その場所ばしょはどこか謎なぞめいている。
The place is invested with an air of mystery.
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彼かれにはどことなく謎なぞめいたところがある。
There’s something mysterious about him.
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彼かれはその謎なぞめいた事件じけんを解決かいけつする手てがかりを見みつけた。
He found a clue to solve the mysterious affair.
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