驚く
おどろく
hepburn odoroku
to be surprised, to be astonished
Part of speech · godan-verb
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Examples
- 突然の知らせに驚きました。I was surprised by the sudden news.
- 彼の日本語の上手さに驚きました。I was astonished at how good his Japanese was.
Collocations
驚いて声を出すとても驚く驚いた顔ニュースに驚く驚かせる
Mnemonic
驚く odoroku — kanji 驚 (to be startled) + the godan ending く. To be surprised. What surprises you is marked with に: ニュースに驚く (surprised by the news). The causative 驚かせる (odorokaseru) means "to surprise someone." びっくりする is the more colloquial near-synonym.
Quick check
Which correctly says "surprised by the news"?