おどおど

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shift from earlier おづおづ (ozuozu),[1] from reduplication of Old Japanese 怖づ (“to be intimidated, to hesitate”) — the Modern Japanese 怖じる. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Adverb[edit]

おどおど • (odoodo) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) hesitatingly, sheepishly, timidly

Verb[edit]

おどおどする • (odoodo suru) suru (stem おどおどし (odoodosuru shi), past おどおどした (odoodosuru shita))

  1. be timid

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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