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    3. ぎょっと

    ぎょっと

    ぎょっと

    being startled

    KMT4CoreAdverb, Verb, Noun, ParticipleEmotions & PsychologyKana Vocab11 strokes

    ぎょっとギョッと

    Adverb, Verb, Noun, Participle

    1.
    being startled
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word

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    突とつ然ぜんの音おとにぎょっとした。

    I was startled by the sudden sound.

    KMT4Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょの突とつ然ぜんの登とう場じょうに、彼かれはぎょっとした顔かおをした。

    He made a startled face at her sudden appearance.

    KMT4Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの意い外がいな告こく白はくに、私わたしはぎょっと息いきをのんだ。

    I gasped in surprise at his unexpected confession.

    KMT5Emotions & Psychology
    誰だれもいないはずの部へ屋やから物もの音おとがして、ぎょっとした。

    A sound came from the room that should have been empty, and I was startled.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    暗くら闇やみから何なにかが飛とび出だしてきて、ぎょっとして声こえが出でなかった。

    Something jumped out of the darkness, and I was so startled I couldn't speak.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology

    Kana that make up this word

    ぎ
    gi
    ょ
    small yo
    っ
    small tsu
    と
    to
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