往々

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.