なお

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings


尚お (obsolete)

/napo//nafo//nawo//nao/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Adverb

なお (naoなほ (nafo)?

  1. furthermore, in addition
  2. still, as always
  3. even more

Conjunction

なお (naoなほ (nafo)?

  1. moreover, furthermore, in addition, note that

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling

Adjective

なお (naoなほ (nafo)?-nari

  1. common, ordinary, straight

Adverb

なお (naoなほ (nafo)?

  1. normally, usually

Etymology 3

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

なお (Nao

  1. 奈緒, 直緒, 奈央, 奈穂: a female given name
  2. 南朋: a male or female given name

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN