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Japanese
Etymology 1
From Old Japanese.
Particle
つつ • (tsutsu)
- while, -ing, for two actions happening at once
- 様々な目的や意味を込めつつ食事をしている。
- Samazama na mokuteki ya imi o kome tsutsu shokuji o shiteiru.
- People have meals with various goals or meanings.
- although, doing in spite of opposition
- in the process of
Usage notes
This attaches to the 連用形 form of a verb.
Etymology 2
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(This term, つつ (tsutsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as つつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as つつ.)
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