往々

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
往 往
おう
Grade: 5 		おう
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
往往

Adverb

往(おう)々(おう) • (ōō) ←わうわう (wawau)?

  1. often
    Synonym: しばしば
    • 1903, Arima Sukemasa, Nihon rinri yōron [Japanese ethics], page 129:
      民(みん)間(かん)に在(あ)りては、往(おう)往(おう)にして動(どう)揺(よう)の弊(へい)を免(まぬが)れざるの觀(み)なくんはあらず。
      Minkan ni arite wa, ōō ni shite dōyō no hei o manugarezaru no minakun wa arazu.
      Among the populace, it is often the case that the discomposure of vice unavoidably arises.
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