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驚おどろく

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Inflections of 驚く
Common N4
Pitch accent
お ど ろ く
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be astonished; to be shocked
    知事ちじは委員会いいんかいの反応はんのうに驚おどろいた。
    The governor was surprised by the commission's response.
  2. 2
    English · JMdict
    to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
    町まちの人々ひとびとは地震じしんに大変たいへん驚おどろいた。
    The townsfolk were frightened by the earthquake.
Kanji
驚 キョウ wonder, be surprised, frightened
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Sentences
驚おどろくことではないね。
It doesn't surprise me.
Tatoeba
そんなに驚おどろくことじゃないよね？
It's not much of a surprise, is it?
Tatoeba
驚おどろかない所ところをみると知しってたのね。
Seeing that you're not surprised, I think you must have known.
Tatoeba
驚おどろくこと、不思議ふしぎに思おもうことは理解りかいし始はじめるということなんだのだ。
To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
Tatoeba
ジェイソンは無口むくちな人ひとだったので彼かれが何なんかを言いうたび驚おどろいていた。
Jason was a taciturn individual, so it was always a real surprise when he said anything.
Tatoeba
彼かれの評論ひょうろんは問題もんだいの表面的ひょうめんてきな分析ぶんせき結果けっかを取とり上あげていただけだったのでクラスで最上位さいじょういの成績せいせきを得えたことにとても驚おどろいた。
His essay gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, so it was a real surprise to him when he got the highest grade in the class.
Tatoeba
全ぜん生徒せいとがプロムの夜よる礼儀れいぎ正ただしく振ふる舞まっているのを見みて驚おどろいた。
It was a surprise to see all the students behaving with decorum on prom night.
Tatoeba
ガーデニングの本ほんを見みてたら、ドクロマークのついたのがいっぱいあって驚おどろきました。
When I looked in a gardening book I was surprised by how many were marked poisonous.
Tatoeba
16いちろく年間ねんかん、ここに住すんでいる高木たかぎさんも驚おどろきました。
Mr Takagi, who's lived here 16 years, was also surprised.
Tatoeba
雷かみなりに驚おどろいた京子きょうこが、俺おれにしがみついてきた。
Kyoko, startled by the lightning, clung onto me.
Tatoeba

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