轟く|とどろくtodoroku[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto roar; to thunder; to boom; to rumble; to resound; to reverberate
    雷鳴らいめいがとどろいた。↗
    The thunder roared.
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto become well known; to become famous
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto pound (of one's heart); to throb; to palpitate
Conjugation
Dictionary form轟く(とどろく)
Polite (masu)轟きます(とどろきます)
Negative (nai)轟かない(とどろかない)
polite (masen)轟きません(とどろきません)
classical zu / nu轟かず・轟かぬ(とどろかず・とどろかぬ)
Past (ta)轟いた(とどろいた)
polite (mashita)轟きました(とどろきました)
Past negative (nakatta)轟かなかった(とどろかなかった)
polite (masen deshita)轟きませんでした(とどろきませんでした)
Te form轟いて(とどろいて)
Potential轟ける(とどろける)
Passive轟かれる(とどろかれる)
Causative轟かせる(とどろかせる)
Causative passive轟かせられる・轟かされる(とどろかせられる・とどろかされる)
Conditional (ba)轟けば(とどろけば)
tara轟いたら(とどろいたら)
Volitional轟こう(とどろこう)
polite (mashou)轟きましょう(とどろきましょう)
Imperative轟け(とどろけ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive轟くとどろく⇄transitive轟かすとどろかす
雷かみなりが轟とどろく
雷かみなりが音おとを轟とどろかす
轟く focuses on a sound roaring or resounding spontaneously (e.g., 雷が轟く). 轟かす emphasizes an agent causing a sound to resound, as in 雷が音を轟かす.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 大おおきな音おとが響ひびく。
  2. 有名ゆうめいになる。知れ渡しれわたる。
  3. 胸むねの鼓動こどうが高たかまる。心拍数しんぱくすうが上あがる。どきどきする。
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