とど

See also: とと

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of とど – see the following entries.

【鯔】H [noun] a fully grown flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus Alternative spelling トド

【胡獱】 [noun] a Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus Alternative spelling トド

(This term, とど, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as とど, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とど.)

Etymology 2

From 鯔(とど) (todo), that term referring the largest specimens of the species.

Noun

とど • (todo) 

1. the end, the limit

Verb

とどする • (todo suru) suru (stem とどし (todosuru shi), past とどした (todosuru shita))

1. to be at the furthest limit
2. to just barely finish; to finish at the last moment

   Synonym: ぎりぎり (giri-giri, adverb)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "とどする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	とどし	todo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	とどし	todo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	とどする	todo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	とどする	todo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	とどすれ	todo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	とどせよ¹ とどしろ²	todo seyo¹ todo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	とどされる	todo sareru
Causative	とどさせる とどさす	todo saseru todo sasu
Potential	とどできる	todo dekiru
Volitional	とどしよう	todo shiyō
Negative	とどしない	todo shinai
Negative continuative	とどせず	todo sezu
Formal	とどします	todo shimasu
Perfective	とどした	todo shita
Conjunctive	とどして	todo shite
Hypothetical conditional	とどすれば	todo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Adverb

とど • (todo) 

1. short for とどのつまり (todo no tsumari, “in the end”).

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic

Adverb

とど • (todo) 

1. (onomatopoeia) a rumbling sound, such as horses galloping or repeated knocking on a door
2. (onomatopoeia) as or while staggering, tottering

   Synonyms: よたよた (yota-yota), とぼとぼ (tobo-tobo)