踊る

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
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 どる
Imperative (命令形) 踊れ どれ
Key constructions
Passive 踊られる どられる
Causative 踊らせる どらせる
Potential 踊れる どれる
Volitional 踊ろう どろ
Negative 踊らない どらない
Negative perfective 踊らなかった どらなかった
Formal 踊ります どりま
Perfective 踊った どった
Conjunctive 踊って どって
Hypothetical conditional 踊れば どれ

Verb

(おど) (odoruをどる (wodoru)?intransitive godan (stem (おど) (odori), past (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)

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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