当惑

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
当 惑
とう
Grade: 2 		わく
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
當惑 (kyūjitai)

Noun

当(とう)惑(わく) • (tōwaku) 

  1. bewilderment
  2. embarrassment

Verb

当(とう)惑(わく)する • (tōwaku suru) suru (stem 当(とう)惑(わく)し (tōwaku shi), past 当(とう)惑(わく)した (tōwaku shita))

  1. to become perplexed
  2. to become embarrassed
    わざとらしい会話(かいわ)に当惑(とうわく)した。
    Wazatorashii kaiwa ni tōwaku shita.
    We felt embarrassed by their theatrical conversation styles.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "当惑する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 当惑し とうわくし tōwaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 当惑し とうわくし tōwaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 当惑する とうわくする tōwaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 当惑する とうわくする tōwaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 当惑すれ とうわくすれ tōwaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 当惑せよ¹
当惑しろ² 		とうわくせよ¹
とうわくしろ² 		tōwaku seyo¹
tōwaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 当惑される とうわくされる tōwaku sareru
Causative 当惑させる
当惑さす 		とうわくさせる
とうわくさす 		tōwaku saseru
tōwaku sasu
Potential 当惑できる とうわくできる tōwaku dekiru
Volitional 当惑しよう とうわくしよう tōwaku shiyō
Negative 当惑しない とうわくしない tōwaku shinai
Negative continuative 当惑せず とうわくせず tōwaku sezu
Formal 当惑します とうわくします tōwaku shimasu
Perfective 当惑した とうわくした tōwaku shita
Conjunctive 当惑して とうわくして tōwaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 当惑すれば とうわくすれば tōwaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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