How to say 'Look around' in Japanese | きょろきょろ

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The Japanese word for Look around is 'Kyorokyoro', written as きょろきょろ in Japanese.

word

きょろきょろ

Meaning

Look around

Reading

Kyorokyoro

Explanation

The Japanese adverb 'きょろきょろ' describes the action of looking around restlessly or nervously, often in search of something or out of curiosity. It conveys a sense of fidgety or distracted movement of the eyes. For example: He looked around nervously「彼はきょろきょろと周りを見回した」(かれはきょろきょろとまわりをみまわした). The child kept looking around curiously「子供はきょろきょろとあちこち見ていた」(こどもはきょろきょろとあちこちみていた). This word is often used to depict someone who is unsure, searching, or unable to focus their gaze in one place.

Part Of Speech

adverb

Frequency

4357

Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

Hiragana in the Word きょろきょろ

This word contains 3 Hiragana characters :

hiragana

き

Reading

hiragana

きょ

Reading

Kyo

hiragana

ろ

Reading

hiragana

よ

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'Kyorokyoro' means 'Look around' .

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