to show signs of; to become -like

めく attaches to a noun to mean taking on the quality or appearance of that thing. It conjugates like a godan verb (春めく, 謎めく). The modifying form is めいた. It describes something coming to seem like the noun.

Examples

• ようやく春はるめいてきた。

  Youyaku harumeite kita.

  It's finally starting to feel like spring.

• 彼かれは謎なぞめいた笑えみを浮うかべた。

  Kare wa nazomeita emi o ukabeta.

  He wore a mysterious smile.

Vocabulary in these examples

• ようやく finally, at last
• 春 spring
• 彼 he, him

Related patterns · Manner and accompaniment

• 〜ながらに while; as it is (unchanged state)
• 〜かたわら while also; on the side
• 〜がてら while; on the way to; combining with
• 〜まみれ covered in; smeared with
• 〜ずくめ entirely; full of; all (the same)