Vocab Info
N4 う-Verb
驚く
to be surprised, to be astonished
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Pitch Accent
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Word Type
う-Verb
単語の書類
五段動詞
Examples
その知らせを聞いて驚く。
You will be surprised to hear the news.
N4驚いた顔をする。
To make a surprised face.
N4昨日兄の結婚の知らせを聞いて驚きました。
I was surprised to hear the news of my brother's marriage yesterday.
N4弟は両親を驚かせるのが上手だ。
My brother is good at surprising my parents.
N3同僚の水谷が捕まったと聞いても誰も驚きませんでした。
No one was surprised to hear that my colleague Mizutani had been arrested.
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