きょろきょろ

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きょろきょろ [kyóꜜròkyòrò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̞ɾo̞kʲo̞ɾo̞]

Adverb

きょろきょろ or キョロキョロ • (kyorokyoro

  1. (onomatopoeia) look around restlessly

Noun

きょろきょろ or キョロキョロ • (kyorokyoro

  1. (onomatopoeia) looking around restlessly

Verb

きょろきょろする or キョロキョロする • (kyorokyoro surusuru (stem きょろきょろ (kyorokyoro shi), past きょろきょろした (kyorokyoro shita))

  1. (onomatopoeia) to look around restlessly

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN