小躍り・小踊り|こおどりkoodori[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
小躍り小躍り is the most common mixed kanji-and-kana spelling. Learners should use it as the default written form.
小踊り小踊り is a less common mixed kanji-and-kana variant. You may encounter it, but 小躍り is the safer choice for learners.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdancing or jumping for joy
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 小躍りする（こおどりする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 小躍りします（こおどりします） |
| Negative (nai) | 小躍りしない（こおどりしない） |
| polite (masen) | 小躍りしません（こおどりしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 小躍りせず・小躍りせぬ（こおどりせず・こおどりせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 小躍りした（こおどりした） |
| polite (mashita) | 小躍りしました（こおどりしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 小躍りしなかった（こおどりしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 小躍りしませんでした（こおどりしませんでした） |
| Te form | 小躍りして（こおどりして） |
| Potential | 小躍りできる（こおどりできる） |
| Passive | 小躍りされる（こおどりされる） |
| Causative | 小躍りさせる（こおどりさせる） |
| Causative passive | 小躍りさせられる（こおどりさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 小躍りすれば（こおどりすれば） |
| tara | 小躍りしたら（こおどりしたら） |
| Volitional | 小躍りしよう（こおどりしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 小躍りしましょう（こおどりしましょう） |
| Imperative | 小躍りしろ（こおどりしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym雀躍じゃくやくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Pictures hopping with joy like a sparrow, often as 「欣喜雀躍」; more literary and elegant than 「小躍り」.
- Related大喜びおおよろこびNeutralNeutral. Everyday word for intense joy; stresses how great the delight is, with no suggestion of the hopping motion of 「小躍り」.
- Related歓喜かんきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Overwhelming, immense joy, as in 「歓喜の声」; more solemn and dignified than 「小躍り」.
- Related浮かれるうかれるCasualColloquial. So happy you feel lightheaded and giddy, floating on air; carries a slightly frivolous nuance.
- Related喜ぶよろこぶNeutralNeutral. The most common everyday word for being glad; stresses simply feeling happy.
- Related悦に入るえつにいるWrittenWritten/formal prose. An idiom for gloating—satisfaction with what one has done or owns, often showing plainly on the face; no jumping nuance.
- Related喜悦きえつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Joy welling up from the heart; stresses the inner feeling of delight.
- Related愉悦ゆえつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Pleasure and delight felt within; stresses inner enjoyment.
- Antonym落胆らくたんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Discouragement and disappointment, head hanging low; the opposite of 「小躍り」's jumping for joy.
- Antonym沈痛ちんつうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Grave sorrow and grief; the opposite of the joyful hopping of 「小躍り」.
Use 「小躍り」 when joy makes you want to hop, often as 「小躍りして喜ぶ」. In written prose, 「欣喜雀躍」 is the elegant choice. For ordinary happiness say 「喜ぶ」, for great joy 「大喜び」; 「落胆」 is the opposite.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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