慌てふためく

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

慌てる +‎ ふためく

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

(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 edit

References edit

  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN