踊る

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
踊
おど
Grade: S
kun'yomi
  • ⟨wodo2ru⟩ → */wodəru/ → /wodoru/ → /odoru/

From Old Japanese, with the original meaning of "to jump". First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *wontəru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「踊る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		踊る おどる
Imperative (命令形) 踊れ おどれ
Key constructions
Passive 踊られる おどられる
Causative 踊らせる おどらせる
Potential 踊れる おどれる
Volitional 踊ろう おどろー
Negative 踊らない おどらない
Negative perfective 踊らなかった おどらなかった
Formal 踊ります おどります
Perfective 踊った おどった
Conjunctive 踊って おどって
Hypothetical conditional 踊れば おどれば

Verb

踊(おど)る • (odoru) ←をどる (wodoru)?intransitive godan (stem 踊(おど)り (odori), past 踊(おど)った (odotta))

  1. to dance
    Synonym: 舞う (mau, more poetic and gentle than 踊る (odoru))
  2. (figurative, usually as a passive) to act in accordance with someone else's plans (see 踊らす)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "踊る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 踊ら おどら odora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 踊り おどり odori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 踊る おどる odoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 踊る おどる odoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 踊れ おどれ odore
Meireikei ("imperative") 踊れ おどれ odore
Key constructions
Passive 踊られる おどられる odorareru
Causative 踊らせる
踊らす 		おどらせる
おどらす 		odoraseru
odorasu
Potential 踊れる おどれる odoreru
Volitional 踊ろう おどろう odorō
Negative 踊らない おどらない odoranai
Negative continuative 踊らず おどらず odorazu
Formal 踊ります おどります odorimasu
Perfective 踊った おどった odotta
Conjunctive 踊って おどって odotte
Hypothetical conditional 踊れば おどれば odoreba
Classical conjugation of "踊る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 踊ら をどら wodora
Continuative (連用形) 踊り をどり wodori
Terminal (終止形) 踊る をどる wodoru
Attributive (連体形) 踊る をどる wodoru
Realis (已然形) 踊れ をどれ wodore
Imperative (命令形) 踊れ をどれ wodore
Key constructions
Negative 踊らず をどらず wodorazu
Contrasting conjunction 踊れど をどれど wodoredo
Causal conjunction 踊れば をどれば wodoreba
Conditional conjunction 踊らば をどらば wodoraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 踊りき をどりき wodoriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 踊りけり をどりけり wodorikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 踊りつ をどりつ wodoritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 踊りぬ をどりぬ wodorinu
Perfect-continuative tense 踊れり
踊りたり		 をどれり
をどりたり		 wodoreri
wodoritari
Volitional 踊らむ をどらむ wodoramu

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ “躍・踊・跳”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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
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