おどおど

Japanese

Etymology

Shift from earlier おづおづ (ozuozu)[1], from reduplication of Old Japanese 怖づ (“to be intimidated, to hesitate”) — the Modern Japanese 怖じる. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Adverb

おどおど • (odoodo) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) hesitatingly, sheepishly, timidly

Verb

おどおどする • (odoodo suru) suru (stem おどおどし (odoodo suru shi), past おどおどした (odoodo suru shita))

  1. be timid

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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