驚き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
驚
おどろ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
愕き (rare) 駭き (rare)

Pronunciation

(noun):

(Tokyo) おどろき [òdórókí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞do̞ɾo̞kʲi]

(verb):

(Tokyo) おどろき [òdóróꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [o̞do̞ɾo̞kʲi]

Noun

驚(おどろ)き • (odoroki)

surprise; astonishment; shock

Derived terms

驚(おどろ)き馬(うま) (odorokiuma)
プロ驚(おどろ)き屋(や) (puro odorokiya)

Verb

驚(おどろ)き • (odoroki)

stem or continuative form of 驚く (odoroku) [godan]

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN