User:Dine2016/まっとう

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Japanese

Hiragana modern まっとう
historical まつたう
Kanji 全う
真っ当
完う
Notes 真っ当 – adjective only
完う – literary

Etymology

/maQtaku//maQtau//maQtɔː//maQtoː/

From まったく (全く, mattaku, “completely”), the infinitive of まったい (全い, mattai, “complete”). The kanji spelling 真っ当 is based on a reanalysis of the term as (, ma-, emphasizing prefix) in the shape maQ- + (とう, , “right; proper”).

Lexicalized as an adjective during the Edo period. (Shōgakukan, 2000–2)

Pronunciation

Adverb

まっとう (mattō)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of まったく (全く, mattaku, “completely”)

Verb

まっとうする (mattō suru) (infinitive まっとう, past まっとうした); Group III (s-irregular), transitive

  1. to complete; to finish; to accomplish; to fulfill
    任務(にんむ)(まっと)うする
    ninmu o mattō suru
    to complete a mission

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Conjugation

Adjective

まっとう (mattō) (adnominal まっとう, adverb まっとう); na-adjective

  1. honest; proper; decent; just

Inflection