Japanese

Alternative forms

• 愕く, 駭く

Verb

驚く ‎(intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana おどろく, romaji odoroku)

1. to be astonished, surprised, amazed, startled
   • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説:

     この革命 (かくめいのも)の物語 (がたり)やその後 (あと)の出来事 (できごと)は、驚 (おどろ)くに当 (あ)たらない。

     Kono kakumei no monogatari ya sono ato no dekigoto wa, odoroku ni ataranai.

     The story of this revolution, and the ones that followed, should not have come as a surprise.

   • 1956 Kawabata, Snow Country

     彼 (かれ)が驚 (おどる)いて離 (はな)させると深 (ふか)い歯型 (はがた)がついていた。

     Kare ga odoruite hanasaseru to fukai hagata ga tsuite ita.

     Startled, he pulled her arm away: deep tooth marks were on it.

Conjugation

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō