踊る
おどる · odoru
To dance (orig. a hopping dance)
- to be manipulated, to dance to someone's tune
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 踊りますおどります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 踊りませんおどりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 踊りましたおどりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 踊りませんでしたおどりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 踊りましょうおどりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 踊りおどり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 踊りたいおどりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 踊りながらおどりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 踊っておどって |
| Plain past (た形) | 踊ったおどった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 踊ったらおどったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 踊っているおどっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 踊らないおどらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 踊らなかったおどらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 踊らなくておどらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 踊れるおどれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 踊ればおどれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 踊れおどれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 踊ろうおどろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 踊られるおどられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 踊らせるおどらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 踊らされるおどらされる |
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What does 踊る mean?
To dance (orig. a hopping dance). It can also mean: to be manipulated, to dance to someone's tune.
How do you pronounce 踊る?
おどる (odoru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 踊る?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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