N21549/1725

えっと

interjection

Meanings

let me see, well, errr ..., uhh ...

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Example sentences

えっと、あなたの名前なまえは何なんでしたっけ？

Uhh... what was your name again?

えっと、今日きょうの会議かいぎは三時さんじからだったと思おもいます。

Let me see... I think today's meeting starts at three o'clock.

彼女かのじょはえっとと言いいながら、答こたえを考かんがえていた。

She was saying 'uhh' while thinking of an answer.

えっと、確たしかそのレストランは駅えきの近ちかくにあったはずですが。

Well... I'm pretty sure that restaurant was near the station.

プレゼン中ちゅうに何度なんどもえっとと言いってしまい、自信じしんがなさそうに見みえた。

During the presentation, he kept saying 'uhh' repeatedly, making him appear unconfident.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)