戦く

See also: 戦ぐ

Japanese

FWOTD – 13 July 2017

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
戦
おのの(く)
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
  • 慄く

Etymology

/wononoku/ → /ononoku/

Apophonic form of 戦慄く (wananaku).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

戦く (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 戰く, intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana おののく, rōmaji ononoku, historical hiragana をののく)

  1. to tremble in fear
    • 2016, 津野田幸作, 幸村軍戦記　４　上　伏見城夜襲戦‎, page 44:
      恐 (きょう)怖 (ふ)に戦 (おのの)く兵 (つわもの)達 (たち)のほとんどは、大将 (たいしょう)が掲 (かか)げる旗 (はた)など見 (み)るゆとりすらなかったのである。
      Kyōfu ni ononoku tsuwamono-tachi no hotondo wa, taishō ga kakageru hata nado miru yutori sura nakatta no de aru.
      Most of the soldiers trembling in fear did not get a clear view of the general putting up the flag.
  2. to shiver in cold
  3. to shake in anticipation

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 戦 (おのの)き (ononoki, “agitation”)
  • 恐 (おそ)れ戦 (おのの)く (osore-ononoku, “tremble with fear”)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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