おどろく

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
驚く
愕く
駭く

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] Ultimate derivation unclear. Possibilities include:

  • Cognate with, or otherwise alteration from, 轟く (todoroku, “to make a loud noise, as when surprised”)
  • Derived from apparent conjugation form odo from 怖づ (odu, odzu, “to be afraid, to be scared of something”, modern verb 怖じる, ojiru), plus uncertain suffix -roku

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「驚く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		驚く おどろく
Imperative (命令形) 驚け おどろけ
Key constructions
Passive 驚かれる おどろかれる
Causative 驚かせる おどろかせる
Potential 驚ける おどろける
Volitional 驚こう おどろこー
Negative 驚かない おどろかない
Negative perfective 驚かなかった おどろかなかった
Formal 驚きます おどろきます
Perfective 驚いた おどろいた
Conjunctive 驚いて おどろいて
Hypothetical conditional 驚けば おどろけば

Verb

おどろく • (odoroku) intransitive godan (stem おどろき (odoroki), past おどろいた (odoroita))

  1. to be astonished, surprised, amazed, startled
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      この革(かく)命(めい)の物(もの)語(がたり)やその後(あと)の出(で)来(き)事(ごと)は、驚(おどろ)くに当(あ)たらない。
      Kono kakumei no monogatari ya sono ato no dekigoto wa, odoroku ni ataranai.
      The story of this revolution, and the ones that followed, should not have come as a surprise.
    • 1956, Yasunari Kawabata, Yukiguni [Snow Country]:
      彼(かれ)が驚(おどろ)いて離(はな)させると深(ふか)い歯(は)型(がた)がついていた。
      Kare ga odoroite hanasaseru to fukai hagata ga tsuite ita.
      Startled, he pulled her arm away: deep tooth marks were on it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "おどろく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") おどろか odoroka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") おどろき odoroki
Shūshikei ("terminal") おどろく odoroku
Rentaikei ("attributive") おどろく odoroku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") おどろけ odoroke
Meireikei ("imperative") おどろけ odoroke
Key constructions
Passive おどろかれる odorokareru
Causative おどろかせる
おどろかす 		odorokaseru
odorokasu
Potential おどろける odorokeru
Volitional おどろこう odorokō
Negative おどろかない odorokanai
Negative continuative おどろかず odorokazu
Formal おどろきます odorokimasu
Perfective おどろいた odoroita
Conjunctive おどろいて odoroite
Hypothetical conditional おどろけば odorokeba

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “驚・愕・駭”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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