ちょろちょろ

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ちょ​ろちょろ [chóꜜròchòrò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) ちょろちょろ [chòróchóró] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ɾo̞t͡ɕo̞ɾo̞]

Adverb

ちょろちょろ • (chorochoro) 

  1. in trickles, leaking
  2. darting about

Verb

ちょろちょろする • (chorochoro suru) suru (stem ちょろちょろし (chorochoro suru shi), past ちょろちょろした (chorochoro suru shita))

  1. trickle, leak
  2. dart about
    Synonyms: 彷徨く, 彷徨う, 彷徨する, うろうろする

Conjugation
Conjugation of "ちょろちょろする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ちょろちょろし chorochoro shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ちょろちょろし chorochoro shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ちょろちょろする chorochoro suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ちょろちょろする chorochoro suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ちょろちょろすれ chorochoro sure
Meireikei ("imperative") ちょろちょろせよ¹
ちょろちょろしろ²		 chorochoro seyo¹
chorochoro shiro²
Key constructions
Passive ちょろちょろされる chorochoro sareru
Causative ちょろちょろさせる
ちょろちょろさす		 chorochoro saseru
chorochoro sasu
Potential ちょろちょろできる chorochoro dekiru
Volitional ちょろちょろしよう chorochoro shiyō
Negative ちょろちょろしない chorochoro shinai
Negative continuative ちょろちょろせず chorochoro sezu
Formal ちょろちょろします chorochoro shimasu
Perfective ちょろちょろした chorochoro shita
Conjunctive ちょろちょろして chorochoro shite
Hypothetical conditional ちょろちょろすれば chorochoro sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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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