驚き

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おどろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
愕き (rare)
駭き (rare)

Pronunciation

Noun

(おどろ) (odoroki

  1. surprise; astonishment; shock

Derived terms

Verb

(おどろ) (odoroki

  1. stem or continuative form of 驚く (odoroku)

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN