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JLPT N3 · Mimetic words: feelings

おどおど

timid; nervous

Stroke order of おどおど

4 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

お · 3 strokesど · 4 strokesお · 3 strokesど · 4 strokes

Memory trick

ODO-ODO — 'oh-dough, oh-dough' trembling dough.

Parts: adverb; with する; timid

The characters in おどおど

  • お お — o (3 strokes)
  • ど ど — do (4 strokes)
  • お お — o (3 strokes)
  • ど ど — do (4 strokes)

Example sentence

知らない人の前でおどおどします。

しらないひとのまえでおどおどします。

I get nervous in front of strangers.

More words: Mimetic words: feelings

はらはらanxious; on edgeうきうきcheerful; buoyantぞっとshudder; chilled with fearむかむかnauseous; angryくよくよbrood; fretもやもやgloomy; unsettledひやひやfrightened; in a cold sweatうんざりfed up; sick of

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