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驚くなかれ驚く勿れ [rK] 驚く無かれ [iK] 愕くなかれ [sK] 驚く莫れ [sK]
おどろくなかれ
1. [exp]
▶ do not be surprised
▶ lo and behold
▶ wait for it



History:
4. A 2024-04-16 06:01:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
RP, Eijiro, GG5 example.
Tanaka: こんなことを言っても信じないだろうが、驚くなかれ。 You might not believe what I'm about to tell you, so don't be surprised.
  Comments:
I'll index that sentence.
  Diff:
@@ -28,0 +29,2 @@
+<gloss>lo and behold</gloss>
+<gloss>wait for it</gloss>
3. A* 2024-04-16 05:58:10  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Sankoku has なかれ tagged as 文章語. Not sure that [dated] would be appropriate. SMK has this expression.

〈驚/愕/駭/おどろ〉く〈莫(か)/勿(か)/毋(か)/無か/なか〉れ

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 驚くなかれ   │ 22,701 │ 84.6% │
│ 驚く無かれ   │  2,926 │ 10.9% │ - add, iK
│ 驚く勿れ    │    326 │  1.2% │ - [sK] to [rK] (daijs, smk)
│ 愕くなかれ   │     39 │  0.1% │ - add, sK
│ 驚く莫れ    │     27 │  0.1% │ - add, sK
│ おどろくなかれ │    815 │  3.0% │
╰─ーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9,12 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>驚く無かれ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>愕くなかれ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>驚く莫れ</keb>
2. A* 2024-04-16 05:47:19  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
驚くなかれ	22701	98.6%
驚く勿れ	326	1.4%
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>驚く勿れ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
1. A* 2024-04-16 05:36:48  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr
https://www.admt.jp/collection/item/?item_id=6
「広告大王」と異名をとる店主の岩谷松平は「驚くなかれ税金たった百万円」など、派手な広告文で人々を驚かせた。
  Comments:
dated?

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