そうそう

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See also: そうぞう and ぞうぞう

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
然う然う

Reduplication of そう.

Pronunciation

Adverb

そうそう • (sōsō) ←さうさう (sausau)?

  1. (chiefly in the negative) so much; so often; so long; particularly; especially
    Synonyms: そんなに, それほど
    そんな人(ひと)はそうそういないだろう。
    Sonna hito wa sōsō inai darō.
    A person like them is not so common.
    そうそう彼(かれ)に頼(たの)むわけにもいかない。
    Sōsō kare ni tanomu wake ni mo ikanai.
    I can't ask him so often.

Etymology 2

Reduplication of そう.

Pronunciation

Interjection

そうそう • (sōsō) ←さうさう (sausau)?

  1. Used when something comes to mind: to recall
    そうそう、去(きょ)年(ねん)の今(いま)頃(ごろ)だったなあ。
    Sōsō, kyonen no imagoro datta nā.
    Now I remember, it was about this time last year.
  2. Used to express agreement: yeah, of course
    そうそう、その通(とお)りです。
    Sōsō, sonotōridesu.
    Yeah, that make sense.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of そうそう – see the following entries.
【早々はやばや】
so early; occurring much earlier than usual
promptly; right away
Alternative spelling
早早
【早々】
something happening right away
Alternative spelling
早早
【匆々】
brevity; rudeness; hurry
sincerely, yours sincerely, sincerely yours (at the end of a letter)
brief, rude, hurried, busy
Alternative spellings
匆匆, 怱々, 怱怱, 忩々, 忩忩
【草々】
brevity; rudeness; hurry
sincerely, yours sincerely, sincerely yours (at the end of a letter)
brief, rude
Alternative spelling
草草
【草創】
beginning; inauguration
to begin, to inaugurate
【草叢】
a thick growth of grass; underbrush; undergrowth
【送葬】
funeral; burial rites
attendance at a funeral
to attend a funeral
【葬送】
funeral; burial rites
attendance at a funeral
to attend a funeral
【滄桑】
Short for 滄海桑田, vicissitudes of life; great changes; complete transformations
【層相】
facies
【総奏】
(music) tutti
【淙淙】
(archaic) sound of flowing water
【嘈嘈】
(literary) noisy
Alternative spelling
嘈々
【層層】
layer upon layer; level by level; multi-layered
【蒼蒼】
(archaic, of sky or ocean) blue
(archaic, of vegetation) dark green; luxuriantly green
(archaic) dim, gloomy
Alternative spelling
蒼々
【錚錚】
(literary) eminent; distinguished; outstanding
(literary, of metal, musical instrument, etc.) resonant; clear sounding
Alternative spelling
錚々
【簇簇】
crowd gathering
【蹌蹌】
(archaic) wandering
Alternative spelling
蹌々
【叢叢】
(of grass and trees) flourishing
【鏘鏘】
(archaic) tinkling sound (esp. bell on the Emperor's carriage); bright sound of metal being struck
(archaic) cry of the phoenix
popular, prosperous
(archaic) cry of the phoenix
Alternative spelling
鏘々
(This term, そうそう (sōsō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 双双, 琮琤, 颼颼.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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