慌てふためく

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
あわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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慌てる +‎ ふためく

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) わてため [àwátéfútáméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠β̞a̠te̞ɸɯ̟̊ta̠me̞kɯ̟]

Verb

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(あわ)てふためく (awatefutamekuintransitive godan (stem (あわ)てふためき (awatefutameki), past (あわ)てふためいた (awatefutameita))

  1. be flustered, be in a panic, be in all directions at once

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN