どきどき

どきどき

See also: ときどき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
悸々 (rare) 動悸動悸 (rare) 動悸々々 (rare) 恟々 (rare)

Etymology

Reduplication of onomatopoeic root どき (doki), unattested in isolation. Reduplicated form どきどき (dokidoki) first attested in 1700.[1]

Similar, but apparently unrelated, to Sino-Japanese term 動悸 (dōki, “heartbeat; palpitation”). That term is not attested until 1721.[2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ど​きどき [dóꜜkìdòkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [do̞kʲido̞kʲi]

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Adverb

どきどき or ドキドキ • (dokidoki) 

1. (onomatopoeia) with a racing heart

Verb

どきどきする or ドキドキする • (dokidoki suru) suru (stem どきどきし (dokidoki shi), past どきどきした (dokidoki shita))

1. (of a heart) to pound
   • 2000 July 18, Inokuma, Shinobu, “PART(パート)10(じゅう)　ダイエット・ラヴ（後(こう)編(へん)） [Part 10: Diet Love (Last Chapter)]”, in SALAD(サラダ) DAYS(デイズ) [SALAD DAYS], volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 182:

     ドキドキしていた。あの時(とき)みたいに…いや、あの時(とき)よりもずっと……ドキドキしていた。

     Dokidoki shite ita. Ano toki mitai ni… Iya, ano toki yori mo zutto…… dokidoki shite ita.

     My heart was pounding. Just like that time... No, it was pounding... much harder.

   • 1955, 広津柳浪, 昇降場 (in Japanese):

     今(いま)思(おも)い出(だ)しても胸(むね)が動(ど)悸(き)動(ど)悸(き)しますの。況(ま)して若(わか)子(こ)さんの喜(よろこ)び様(よう)ッてありませんでした。

     Ima omoidashite mo mune ga dokidoki shimasu no. Mashite Wakako-san no yorokobiyō tte arimasen deshita.

     Even as I think back on it now, my heart is racing; not to mention how absolutely ecstatic Wakako was.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "どきどきする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	どきどきし	dokidoki shi
Continuative (連用形)	どきどきし	dokidoki shi
Terminal (終止形)	どきどきする	dokidoki suru
Attributive (連体形)	どきどきする	dokidoki suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	どきどきすれ	dokidoki sure
Imperative (命令形)	どきどきせよ¹ どきどきしろ²	dokidoki seyo¹ dokidoki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	どきどきされる	dokidoki sareru
Causative	どきどきさせる どきどきさす	dokidoki saseru dokidoki sasu
Potential	どきどきできる	dokidoki dekiru
Volitional	どきどきしよう	dokidoki shiyō
Negative	どきどきしない	dokidoki shinai
Negative continuative	どきどきせず	dokidoki sezu
Formal	どきどきします	dokidoki shimasu
Perfective	どきどきした	dokidoki shita
Conjunctive	どきどきして	dokidoki shite
Hypothetical conditional	どきどきすれば	dokidoki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Related terms

• どきっと (dokitto)
• どきり (dokiri)
• どっきり (dokkiri)
• どきん (dokin)

See also

• 動(どう)悸(き) (dōki)

References

1. “どきどき”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. “動悸・動気”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN