<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='600'>手紙（てがみ）</span>の挨拶（あいさつ）：「九月（くがつ）になると<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='854'>空（そら）</span>も<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='1070'>風（かぜ）</span>もだいぶ<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='851'>秋（あき）</span><strong>めいてまいりました</strong>。お変（か）わりありませんか。」

小説（しょうせつ）：「<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='37' data-vocab-id='148'>その</span>知（し）らせを聞（き）いて<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='567'>彼女（かのじょ）</span>の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='1068'>顔（かお）</span>には謎（なぞ）<strong>めいた</strong>微笑（びしょう）が浮（う）かんでいた。」

作（つく）り<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='787'>物（もの）</span><strong>めいて</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='944'>見（み）える</span>ほど、平穏（へいおん）で美（うつく）しい<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='659'>景色（けしき）</span>だった。

小説（しょうせつ）：「<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='21'>いつ</span>のまにか<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='376'>冬（ふゆ）</span>は去（さ）り、かなり<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='647'>春（はる）</span><strong>めいていた</strong>。」

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='567'>彼女（かのじょ）</span>の気分（きぶん）を<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='264'>上（あ）げる</span>ため、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='335'>何（なに）か</span>冗談（じょうだん）<strong>めいた</strong>、とるに足（た）りない<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='957'>話（はなし）</span>をしようとした。

小説（しょうせつ）：「とも<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='30' data-vocab-id='91'>この</span>皮肉（ひにく）<strong>めいて</strong>聞（き）こえた<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='953'>言葉（ことば）</span>に、ともきが黙（だま）り込（こ）んだ。」

<div class='writeup-body'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めく</span> is a fairly unique う-Verb in Japanese in that it will only be used as a <span class='info-highlight' data-term='接尾語・せつびご'>suffix</span>. This is due to its meaning of 'to show signs of (A)', or 'to have the appearance of (A)'. It will be attached to nouns that the speaker experiences to be the case.<br>
As <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めく</span> itself is a verb, it may appear in several different conjugation forms depending on how it is describing the rest of the sentence. When connected directly to a second noun, the past-tense form <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めいた</span> is most common.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'>
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昨日（きのう）までは嘘（うそ）みたいに暑（あつ）かったのに、やっと春（はる）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めいて</span>きた！</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
It has been hot until yesterday, but it's finally starting to become spring-like!</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>


冗談（じょうだん）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めいて</span>言（い）ったが、多分（たぶん）冗談（じょうだん）だったということは気（き）づいていないと思（おも）う。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
I said it like a joke, but I don't think they understood it as a joke.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>


皮肉（ひにく）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めいた</span>ことを言（い）ってしまって、相手（あいて）が黙（だま）り込（こ）んでしまった。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
I said something which sounded like sarcasm and the other person fell silent.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>


彼女（かのじょ）はなんか謎（なぞ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めいた</span>雰囲気（ふんいき）があるよね。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
She has a somewhat mysterious vibe, doesn't she?</div></li></ul>
This 'that the speaker experiences to be the case' part is important, as <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めく</span> will almost always highlight the speaker's own personal feelings in regard to (A), and how they perceive it. The thing being described as (A) will usually not actually be (A), and the speaker is often aware of this fact.
<div class='writeup-caution'>Caution -<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'> めく</span> is mostly used with set nouns, so it is best to only use it with expressions that you have already heard. Some examples are 謎（なぞ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めく</span> 'to appear to be a riddle', 皮肉（ひにく）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めく</span> 'to appear to be sarcastic', 良（い）い訳（わけ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めく</span> 'to appear to be an excuse', 作（つく）り物（もの）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='860'>めく</span> 'to appear to be fictitious', and seasons of the year.</div></div>

Grammar Info

めく

like, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to come to a (state) similar to, somewhat, an air of, feels almost like,