どうどうめぐり

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
堂々巡り
堂堂巡り
堂々回り
堂堂回り

Etymology

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From 堂々(どうどう) (dōdō) + (めぐ) (meguri, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (めぐ) (meguru).).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ーどーめぐり [dòódóóméꜜgùrì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːdo̞ːme̞ɡɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

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どうどうめぐり (dōdō-meguriだうだうめぐり (daudau-meguri)?

  1. going round in circles (doing the same thing without making progress)

Verb

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どうどうめぐりする (dōdō-meguri suruだうだうめぐり (daudau-meguri)?suru (stem どうどうめぐり (dōdō-meguri shi), past どうどうめぐりした (dōdō-meguri shita))

  1. to go round in circles (do the same thing without making progress)

Conjugation

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References

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