うろうろ

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろうろ [úꜜròùrò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Adverb

うろうろ or ウロウロ • (urouro) 

  1. aimlessly, loiteringly

Verb

うろうろする or ウロウロする • (urouro suru) intransitive suru (stem うろうろ (urouro suru shi), past うろうろした (urouro suru shita))

  1. wander, hang around
    Synonyms: うろつく (urotsuku), 彷徨う (samayou), 彷徨する (hōkō suru), ちょろちょろする (chorochoro suru)

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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