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Emotion & Feeling

おろおろ

oro-oro

Panicking and at a loss

So flustered that you don't know what to do. You pace around helplessly, unable to take any useful action.

💡A child drops their ice cream — 'The mother was oro-oro trying to calm the crying child.'

Example

突然のトラブルにおろおろしてしまった。

I was oro-oro when the sudden trouble happened.

Quiz yourself

When the fire alarm went off, everyone was ___.

火災報知器が鳴って、みんな○○した。

panicconfusionhelplessanxietyemergency
Intermediate