轟く
とどろく · todoroku
To roar, to thunder, to boom, to rumble, to resound, to reverberate
- to become well known, to become famous
- to pound (of one's heart), to throb, to palpitate
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 轟きますとどろきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 轟きませんとどろきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 轟きましたとどろきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 轟きませんでしたとどろきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 轟きましょうとどろきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 轟きとどろき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 轟きたいとどろきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 轟きながらとどろきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 轟いてとどろいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 轟いたとどろいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 轟いたらとどろいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 轟いているとどろいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 轟かないとどろかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 轟かなかったとどろかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 轟かなくてとどろかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 轟けるとどろける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 轟けばとどろけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 轟けとどろけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 轟こうとどろこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 轟かれるとどろかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 轟かせるとどろかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 轟かされるとどろかされる |
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What does 轟く mean?
To roar, to thunder, to boom, to rumble, to resound, to reverberate. It can also mean: to become well known, to become famous; to pound (of one's heart), to throb, to palpitate.
How do you pronounce 轟く?
とどろく (todoroku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
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