ちょろちょろ
Japanese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (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
[edit]ちょろちょろ • (chorochoro)
- in trickles, leaking
- darting about
Verb
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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