轟く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
轟
とどろ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) とどろく [tòdóróꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
IPA^(key): [to̞do̞ɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

轟(とどろ)く • (todoroku) intransitive godan (stem 轟(とどろ)き (todoroki), past 轟(とどろ)いた (todoroita))

to resound, to reverberate
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
  会場(かいじょう)に嵐(あらし)のような拍手(はくしゅ)とスローガンを叫(さけ)び声(ごえ)が轟(とどろ)いた
  kaijō ni arashi no yōna hakushu to surōgan o sakebigoe ga todoroita
  The meeting hall roared with thunderous applause and outcry of slogans.
to be agitated
to be famous or well-known
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
  彼(かれ)の名声(めいせい)は天下(てんか)に轟(とどろ)いている
  kare no meisei wa tenka ni todoroite iru
  His fame reaches across all of the world.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "轟く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	轟か	とどろか	todoroka
Continuative (連用形)	轟き	とどろき	todoroki
Terminal (終止形)	轟く	とどろく	todoroku
Attributive (連体形)	轟く	とどろく	todoroku
Hypothetical (仮定形)	轟け	とどろけ	todoroke
Imperative (命令形)	轟け	とどろけ	todoroke
Key constructions
Passive	轟かれる	とどろかれる	todorokareru
Causative	轟かせる轟かす	とどろかせるとどろかす	todorokaseru todorokasu
Potential	轟ける	とどろける	todorokeru
Volitional	轟こう	とどろこう	todorokō
Negative	轟かない	とどろかない	todorokanai
Negative continuative	轟かず	とどろかず	todorokazu
Formal	轟きます	とどろきます	todorokimasu
Perfective	轟いた	とどろいた	todoroita
Conjunctive	轟いて	とどろいて	todoroite
Hypothetical conditional	轟けば	とどろけば	todorokeba

References

“轟”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
轟く／とどろく - Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-1] “轟”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

[2] 轟く／とどろく - Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)

[DJR-3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN