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踊る

おどるodoruverb

N42,260th most heard wordIn 70 of 4140 videos (2%)heard 155 timeslast on Oct 27, 2026

  1. to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
  2. to be manipulated
  3. to dance to someone's tune

Across the 4,140 Japanese YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach Japanese, 踊る is heard 155 times in 70 videos from 46 channels, the 2,260th most heard word. Unofficial JLPT word lists put it at N4.

Heard in

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  1. 4:11えっと踊ってる人間でよく笑う。Um, laughs a lot as a dancing person.【黒帯】お互いのいい所を探したところ、お互いに認め合うモノがあるようで・・・【コンビンゴ】
  2. 9:05しまじろうと一緒にかずのペンギンダンス踊ろう。Let's dance the counting penguin dance together with Shimajiro.まなお姉さんとあそぼ!「まなあそ」11月号 「かずペンギン」|2・3歳向け〈ぽけっと〉【しまじろうチャンネル公式】
  3. 11:02行くのかっていう。大体五文字ごとに切ると、マカイダ踊る、多少残念、フルハウスそれと清水より、毎年3月Whether to go, I mean. If you cut roughly every five characters, Makaida dances, somewhat disappointing, Full House and from Shimizu, every year in Marchボタンを押したらすぐに別の問題がでてくるクイズ【いっぱい解けて嬉しい】
  4. 7:06守る。そう。じゃなんでいっぱいいっぱい水を入れないのって最初から。そうですね。いっぱいいっぱい水入れてしまうとね、米がね結構踊っちゃって全分Keep it. Yes. So why not fill it up with water from the start. Right. If you fill it up with water, the rice dances around a lot and all the starchお店開けるほど美味しい至高のトマトリゾット
  5. 27:43ピョンピョン踊ったり跳ねたりね楽しそうでしょJumping and hopping outside, it looks like fun, doesn't itポッピー・ピッグ |ミッフィー | 子供向けアニメ

How it's said

Forms and phrases that come up again and again in the videos.

Forms you'll hear
踊って踊り踊ってる踊ったり踊らない踊った
Often heard with
一緒に踊る7×ダンスを踊る5×ダンス踊る4×中で踊る4×

Words that come up in the same clips.

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