Vocabulary

What does きょろきょろ (kyorokyoro) mean?

きょろきょろ means looking around restlessly, glancing about curiously or anxiously.

Quick facts
Readingきょろきょろ
Romajikyorokyoro
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
きょろきょろ
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkkyorokyoro

looking around restlessly, glancing about curiously or anxiously

Example sentences

  • If you look around restlessly during the exam, you will be suspected of cheating.

  • Perhaps having lost their way, that person was glancing around restlessly.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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