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Japanese
Etymology
From うろ (uro, a 擬態語 (gitaigo, “ideophone”) also reduplicated to form the adverb うろうろ (urouro)) + つく (-tsuku).
Pronunciation
Verb
うろつく • (urotsuku) intransitive godan (stem うろつき (urotsuki), past うろついた (urotsuita))
- to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander aimlessly; to knock around; to hang around
- Synonyms: 彷徨う (samayou), 彷徨する (hōkō suru), うろうろする (urouro suru), ちょろちょろする (chorochoro suru)
- to be at a loss, to be confused from not knowing what to do
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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うろつか
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urotsuka
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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うろつき
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urotsuki
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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うろつく
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urotsuku
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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うろつく
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urotsuku
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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うろつけ
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urotsuke
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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うろつけ
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urotsuke
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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うろつかれる
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urotsukareru
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| Causative
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うろつかせる
うろつかす
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urotsukaseru
urotsukasu
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| Potential
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うろつける
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urotsukeru
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| Volitional
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うろつこう
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urotsukō
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| Negative
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うろつかない
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urotsukanai
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| Negative continuative
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うろつかず
|
urotsukazu
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| Formal
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うろつきます
|
urotsukimasu
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| Perfective
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うろついた
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urotsuita
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| Conjunctive
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うろついて
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urotsuite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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うろつけば
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urotsukeba
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See also
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN