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)
- in trickles, leaking
- darting about
Verb
ちょろちょろする • (chorochoro suru) suru (stem ちょろちょろし (chorochoro shi), past ちょろちょろした (chorochoro shita))
Conjugation
| 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
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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