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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
とどろ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

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First attested in a piece of 催馬楽 (saibara, court music), dated around the 7th century to the 8th century, with the phonetic man'yōgana spelling 止々呂介 (to2to2ro2ke2).[1]

Might ultimately derive from a mimetic word; compare とどろ (todoro, rumble).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(とどろ) (todorokuintransitive godan (stem (とどろ) (todoroki), past (とどろ)いた (todoroita))

  1. to resound, to reverberate
  2. to be agitated
  3. to be famous or well-known
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      (かれ)名声(めいせい)天下(てんか)(とどろ)いている
      kare no meisei wa tenka ni todoroite iru
      His fame reaches across all of the world.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 轟く/とどろく - Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN