I Love Kanji踊る (odoru)
踊る (おどる, odoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to dance (orig. a hopping dance)”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おどる
- Romaji
- odoru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to dance (orig. a hopping dance) · godan verb, intransitive
- to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 踊る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 踊る | おどる odoru |
| Polite (~masu) | 踊ります | おどります odorimasu |
| Negative | 踊らない | おどらない odoranai |
| Polite negative | 踊りません | おどりません odorimasen |
| Past | 踊った | おどった odotta |
| Polite past | 踊りました | おどりました odorimashita |
| Negative past | 踊らなかった | おどらなかった odoranakatta |
| Te-form | 踊って | おどって odotte |
| Potential | 踊れる | おどれる odoreru |
| Passive | 踊られる | おどられる odorareru |
| Causative | 踊らせる | おどらせる odoraseru |
| Volitional | 踊ろう | おどろう odorou |
| Imperative | 踊れ | おどれ odore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 踊れば | おどれば odoreba |
Kanji in 踊る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 踊る.
Source: JMdict entry 1538440 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.