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鼓動

鼓動

See also: 鼓动

Chinese

 
convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
 
to use; to act; to move; to change
trad. (鼓動)
simp. (鼓动)

Verb

鼓動

  1. to inspire, to urge
  2. to instigate, to incite

Noun

鼓動

  1. (in Japanese contexts) beating, pounding

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
どう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

鼓動 (hiragana こどう, romaji kodō)

  1. beating, pounding

Verb

鼓動する (hiragana こどうする, romaji kodō suru)

  1. beat, pound
    • 1905, Natsume Sōseki, 吾輩は猫である:
      心臓 (しんぞう)はたしかに平時 (へいじ)よりも (はげ)しく鼓動 (こどう)しておった。
      Shinzō wa tashika ni heiji yori mo hageshiku kodō shite otta.
      My heart was beating much harder than normal.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3