踊る

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
踊
おど
Grade: S
kun’yomi
  • ⟨wodo2ru⟩ → */wodəru/ → /wodoru/ → /odoru/

From Old Japanese, with the original meaning of "to jump". First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *wontəru.

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "踊る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 踊る おどる [òdórú]
Imperative (命令形) 踊れ おどれ [òdóré]
Key constructions
Passive 踊られる おどられる [òdórárérú]
Causative 踊らせる おどらせる [òdórásérú]
Potential 踊れる おどれる [òdórérú]
Volitional 踊ろう おどろ​ー [òdóróꜜò]
Negative 踊らない おどらない [òdóránáí]
Negative perfective 踊らなかった おどらな​かった [òdóránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 踊ります おどりま​す [òdórímáꜜsù]
Perfective 踊った おどった [òdóttá]
Conjunctive 踊って おどって [òdótté]
Hypothetical conditional 踊れば おどれ​ば [òdóréꜜbà]

Verb

踊(おど)る • (odoru) ←をどる (wodoru)?intransitive godan (stem 踊(おど)り (odori), past 踊(おど)った (odotta))

  1. [from 1233] to dance
    Synonym: 舞う (mau, more poetic and gentle than 踊る (odoru))
  2. [from 1935] (figurative, usually as a passive) to act in accordance with someone else's plans
    思(おも)うように踊(おど)らされる
    omou yō ni odorasareru
    manipulated like a puppet
    (literally, “to be made to dance as [someone else] thinks”)
    手(て)のひらで踊(おど)らされる
    te-no-hira de odorasareru
    in the palm of one's hand
    (literally, “made to dance in someone's palm”)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "踊る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 踊ら おどら odora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 踊り おどり odori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 踊る おどる odoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 踊る おどる odoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 踊れ おどれ odore
Meireikei ("imperative") 踊れ おどれ odore
Key constructions
Passive 踊られる おどられる odorareru
Causative 踊らせる
踊らす		 おどらせる
おどらす		 odoraseru
odorasu
Potential 踊れる おどれる odoreru
Volitional 踊ろう おどろう odorō
Negative 踊らない おどらない odoranai
Negative continuative 踊らず おどらず odorazu
Formal 踊ります おどります odorimasu
Perfective 踊った おどった odotta
Conjunctive 踊って おどって odotte
Hypothetical conditional 踊れば おどれば odoreba

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. “躍・踊・跳”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth 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
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