ショック

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Japanese

Etymology

From English shock.

Noun

ショック (shokku

  1. shock (sudden emotional disturbance)
    昨日(きのう)(はっ)(ぴょう)(しょう)(じき)ショックです。
    Kinō no happyō wa shōjiki shokku desu.
    Yesterday's announcement is, frankly, a shock.
  2. financial disturbance
    オイルショック
    oiru shokku
    oil crisis
    リーマンショック
    Rīman shokku
    2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
    2009(にせんきゅう)( ねん)ドバイ・ショック
    nisenkyū nen no Dobai shokku
    2009 Dubai debt crisis
    ヒラギノショック
    Hiragino shokku
    astonishment in the design industry in regards to the bundling of the Hiragino fonts with Mac OS X
  3. shock (physical impact)
  4. shock (medical emergency)