うろたえる
Japanese
Alternative spelling |
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狼狽える |
Etymology
From Old Japanese.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) うろたえる [ùrótáérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) うろたえる [ùrótáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
うろたえる • (urotaeru) intransitive ichidan (stem うろたえ (urotae), past うろたえた (urotaeta), historical kana うろたへる)
- to be baffled; to be bewildered
- to wander aimlessly
Conjugation
Conjugation of "うろたえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | うろたえ | urotae | ||
Continuative (連用形) | うろたえ | urotae | ||
Terminal (終止形) | うろたえる | urotaeru | ||
Attributive (連体形) | うろたえる | urotaeru | ||
Hypothetical (仮定形) | うろたえれ | urotaere | ||
Imperative (命令形) | うろたえよ¹ うろたえろ² | urotaeyo¹ urotaero² | ||
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | うろたえられる | urotaerareru | ||
Causative | うろたえさせる うろたえさす | urotaesaseru urotaesasu | ||
Potential | うろたえられる うろたえれる³ | urotaerareru urotaereru³ | ||
Volitional | うろたえよう | urotaeyō | ||
Negative | うろたえない うろたえぬ うろたえん | urotaenai urotaenu urotaen | ||
Negative continuative | うろたえず | urotaezu | ||
Formal | うろたえます | urotaemasu | ||
Perfective | うろたえた | urotaeta | ||
Conjunctive | うろたえて | urotaete | ||
Hypothetical conditional | うろたえれば | urotaereba | ||
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
Synonyms
- 彷徨く (urotsuku)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN