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Emotion & Feeling

おどおど

odo-odo

Timid and nervous

Acting fearfully hesitant, with uncertain movements and speech. Like a small animal unsure whether to run.

💡A new employee on their first day — 'She was odo-odo around the boss.'

Example

初めての職場でおどおどしていた。

I was all odo-odo at my new workplace.

Quiz yourself

He was ___ during the entire job interview.

彼は面接の間ずっと○○していた。

nervousnessstressinterviewdiscomfortdrama
Intermediate