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Japanese
Pronunciation
Adjective
洋々 • (yōyō) ←やうやう (yauyau)?†-tari (adnominal 洋々とした (yōyō to shita) or 洋々たる (yōyō taru), adverbial 洋々と (yōyō to) or 洋々として (yōyō to shite))
- (literary) broad, vast, boundless, wide
- 洋々たる大海原
- yōyō taru ō-unabara
- a vast expansive ocean
Inflection
| Stem forms
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| Irrealis (未然形)
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洋々たら |
ようようたら |
youyoutara
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| Continuative (連用形)
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洋々と
洋々たり |
ようようと
ようようたり |
youyouto
youyoutari
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| Terminal (終止形)
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洋々たり |
ようようたり |
youyoutari
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| Attributive (連体形)
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洋々たる |
ようようたる |
youyoutaru
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| Realis (已然形)
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洋々たれ |
ようようたれ |
youyoutare
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| Imperative (命令形)
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洋々たれ |
ようようたれ |
youyoutare
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| Key constructions
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| Negative
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洋々たらず |
ようようたらず |
youyoutarazu
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| Contrasting conjunction
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洋々たれど |
ようようたれど |
youyoutaredo
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| Causal conjunction
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洋々たれば |
ようようたれば |
youyoutareba
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| Conditional conjunction
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洋々たらば |
ようようたらば |
youyoutaraba
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| Past tense (firsthand knowledge)
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洋々たりき |
ようようたりき |
youyoutariki
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| Past tense (secondhand knowledge)
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洋々たりけり |
ようようたりけり |
youyoutarikeri
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| Adverbial
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洋々と |
ようようと |
youyouto
|
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN