VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

びっくり

びっくり
hepburn bikkuri

to be surprised, startle

Part of speech · suru-verb / adverb

Pattern visualization

no decomposition available

Examples

  1. びっくりした。
    I was startled.
  2. ニュースにびっくりする。
    I am shocked by the news.

Collocations

びっくり (bikkuri, surprised)びっくりする (get startled)びっくり仰天 (utterly astonished)びっくりマーク (exclamation mark)ビックリ箱 (jack-in-the-box)

Mnemonic

Bikkuri (びっくり) is "startled" — B + cluster (mimetic and everyday-expression culture). Hierarchy: bikkuri (medium), gyotto suru (sudden strong), odoroku (formal). Cluster: (1) bikkuri gyouten (literary); (2) bikkuri maaku (exclamation mark — Japan-unique compound); (3) bikkuri-bako (jack-in-the-box); (4) Japans gitaigo richness — bikkuri, furafura, dokidoki, gussuri, bonyari more granular than Korean / Chinese. JLPT N5 plus Japans mimetic cluster.

Quick check

  1. Japans gitaigo?

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