蹌蹌

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See also: 蹌々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蹌 蹌
そう
Hyōgai 		そう
Hyōgai
goon
Alternative spelling
蹌々

Pronunciation

Adjective

蹌(そう)蹌(そう) • (sōsō) ←さうさう (sausau)?†-tari (adnominal 蹌(そう)蹌(そう)とした (sōsō to shita) or 蹌(そう)蹌(そう)たる (sōsō taru), adverbial 蹌(そう)蹌(そう)と (sōsō to) or 蹌(そう)蹌(そう)として (sōsō to shite))

  1. (archaic) wandering

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "蹌蹌たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 蹌蹌たら そうそうたら sousoutara
Continuative (連用形) 蹌蹌と
蹌蹌たり		 そうそうと
そうそうたり		 sousouto
sousoutari
Terminal (終止形) 蹌蹌たり そうそうたり sousoutari
Attributive (連体形) 蹌蹌たる そうそうたる sousoutaru
Realis (已然形) 蹌蹌たれ そうそうたれ sousoutare
Imperative (命令形) 蹌蹌たれ そうそうたれ sousoutare
Key constructions
Negative 蹌蹌たらず そうそうたらず sousoutarazu
Contrasting conjunction 蹌蹌たれど そうそうたれど sousoutaredo
Causal conjunction 蹌蹌たれば そうそうたれば sousoutareba
Conditional conjunction 蹌蹌たらば そうそうたらば sousoutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 蹌蹌たりき そうそうたりき sousoutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 蹌蹌たりけり そうそうたりけり sousoutarikeri
Adverbial 蹌蹌と そうそうと sousouto
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

Derived terms

References

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