しき
Meanings
Suffix
Verb (5-dan, る)
Usually written in kana
1. to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard
after the -masu stem of a verb
Archaic
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
2. to happen repeatedly; to happen over and over again
orig. meaning
Kanji used
repeatedly
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
to blow violently; to blow incessantly; to blow hard (e.g. the wind)
to wail; to cry; to sob bitterly