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驚く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
驚く
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Reading : おどろく   
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be surprised; to be astonished
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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驚く is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000 (about 51,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 608 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5302
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
おどろ
いた
こと
かれ
その
しあい
試合
けてしまった

To our surprise, he was defeated in the match.
しゅっせき
出席
していた
ひと
たち
おどろ
いた

The people present were surprised.
かれ
しっぱい
失敗
した
おどろ
いた

I was surprised that he had failed.
おどろく
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 120,000 (about 1,080,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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愕く
BOOST
Reading : おどろく   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 228,000 (about 85,900 results)
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駭く
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Reading : おどろく   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 236,000 (about 51,700 results)
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キョウ   surprised   おどろ to be surprised   おどろかす to surprise, to frighten   
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ケイ   うやま to respect, revere   
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grass   
ク    verse, phrase   
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wrap
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ぼく strike   
バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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little bird
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fire
ガク   surprised   おどろ to be surprised   
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heart
reach the one with two mouths
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reach
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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