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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

吃る · godan verb (-ru)

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

usually written using kana alone

Describes a speech disfluency where sounds or syllables are repeated or blocked. Used for both temporary and chronic stuttering.

緊きん張ちょうして〈動どう詞し〉to stutter out of nervousness
面めん接せつで緊きん張ちょうしてどもってしまった。
I got nervous during the interview and ended up stuttering.
どもりながら話はなすto speak while stuttering
彼かれはどもりながら自じ分ぶんの名な前まえを話はなした。
He said his own name while stuttering.
〈言こと葉ば〉を言いおうとしてどもるto stutter while trying to get a word out
彼かの女じょはお礼れいの言こと葉ばを言いおうとしてどもった。
She stuttered as she tried to say her thanks.

吃きつ音おん
吃音 is the clinical/formal noun for stuttering as a speech disorder, while 吃る is the everyday verb describing the act of stuttering.
口くちごもるN1
口ごもる means to hesitate or trail off in speech (often from embarrassment or uncertainty), whereas 吃る specifically describes repeated or blocked sounds characteristic of stuttering.
つかえるN1
どもる specifically means to stutter habitually or momentarily, whereas つかえる can describe a one-off hesitation in speech from nervousness.

びっくりN4
吃驚（びっくり）shares the kanji 吃 with 吃る but means 'to be surprised' and has nothing to do with speech disfluency.

The origin is uncertain, but it may be related to the mimetic word どもども, which represents hesitant speech.