Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
とどろ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

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 edit

Verb edit

(とどろ) (todorokuintransitive godan (stem (とどろ) (todoroki), past (とどろ)いた (todoroita))

  1. to resound, to reverberate
  2. to be agitated
  3. to be famous or well-known
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      (かれ)名声(めいせい)天下(てんか)(とどろ)いている
      kare no meisei wa tenka ni todoroite iru
      His fame reaches across all of the world.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 轟く/とどろく - Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN