Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
狼狽える

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese.

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Particularly: “Related to うろうろ (urouro)?”

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

うろたえる (urotaeruうろたへる (urotaferu)?intransitive ichidan (stem うろたえ (urotae), past うろたえた (urotaeta))

  1. to be baffled; to be bewildered
  2. to wander aimlessly

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN