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驚かす
odorokasu
Description
「驚かす」は、だれかをびっくりさせるという意味の言葉です。
"驚かす" means to surprise someone.
友だちのうしろから急に声をかけて驚かすことがあります。
Sometimes I suddenly call out from behind a friend to 驚かす them.
Meanings
驚かすodorokasu
to surprise or startle someone
急に大きな声を出して、私を驚かさないで。
Don't suddenly shout loudly and scare me.
驚かすodorokasu
to astonish or amaze people greatly
彼の作品は世界の人々を驚かした。
His work surprised people around the world.
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Notes
- Etymology
causative-style verb from 驚く (odoroku, to be surprised) plus す, meaning to make someone surprised.
- Nuance
驚かす often implies you deliberately caused the surprise, unlike the spontaneous 驚く.
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