ちょろちょろ

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちょろちょろ [chóꜜròchòrò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) ちょろちょろ [chòróchóró] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ɾo̞t͡ɕo̞ɾo̞]

Adverb

ちょろちょろ • (chorochoro) 

1. in trickles, leaking
2. darting about

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Verb

ちょろちょろする • (chorochoro suru) suru (stem ちょろちょろし (chorochoro shi), past ちょろちょろした (chorochoro shita))

1. trickle, leak
2. dart about

   Synonyms: 彷徨く, 彷徨う, 彷徨する, うろうろする

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ちょろちょろし	chorochoro shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ちょろちょろし	chorochoro shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ちょろちょろする	chorochoro suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ちょろちょろする	chorochoro suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ちょろちょろすれ	chorochoro sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	ちょろちょろせよ¹ ちょろちょろしろ²	chorochoro seyo¹ chorochoro shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	ちょろちょろされる	chorochoro sareru
Causative	ちょろちょろさせる ちょろちょろさす	chorochoro saseru chorochoro sasu
Potential	ちょろちょろできる	chorochoro dekiru
Volitional	ちょろちょろしよう	chorochoro shiyō
Negative	ちょろちょろしない	chorochoro shinai
Negative continuative	ちょろちょろせず	chorochoro sezu
Formal	ちょろちょろします	chorochoro shimasu
Perfective	ちょろちょろした	chorochoro shita
Conjunctive	ちょろちょろして	chorochoro shite
Hypothetical conditional	ちょろちょろすれば	chorochoro sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "ちょろちょろする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN