滔滔
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Chinese[edit]
overflow; torrent-dash | overflow; torrent-dash | ||
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simp. and trad. (滔滔) |
滔 | 滔 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
滔滔
- (of water) torrential; surging
- (of talking) incessant
- (literary) grand; magnificent
Derived terms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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滔 | 滔 |
とう Hyōgaiji |
とう Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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滔々 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
滔滔 • (tōtō) ←たうたう (tautau)?†-tari (adnominal 滔滔とした (tōtō to shita) or 滔滔たる (tōtō taru), adverbial 滔滔と (tōtō to) or 滔滔として (tōtō to shite))
- torrential (of flowing water)
- voluble (of speech)
- flowing strongly in one direction (of a matter of the times)
Inflection[edit]
Stem forms | ||||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 滔滔たら | たうたうたら | tautautara | |
Continuative (連用形) | 滔滔と[1] 滔滔たり[2] |
たうたうと たうたうたり |
tautauto tautautari | |
Terminal (終止形) | 滔滔たり | たうたうたり | tautautari | |
Attributive (連体形) | 滔滔たる | たうたうたる | tautautaru | |
Realis (已然形) | 滔滔たれ | たうたうたれ | tautautare | |
Imperative (命令形) | 滔滔たれ | たうたうたれ | tautautare | |
Key constructions | ||||
Negative | 滔滔たらず | たうたうたらず | tautautarazu | |
Contrasting conjunction | 滔滔たれど | たうたうたれど | tautautaredo | |
Causal conjunction | 滔滔たれば | たうたうたれば | tautautareba | |
Conditional conjunction | 滔滔たらば | たうたうたらば | tautautaraba | |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 滔滔たりき | たうたうたりき | tautautariki | |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 滔滔たりけり | たうたうたりけり | tautautarikeri | |
Adverbial | 滔滔と | たうたうと | tautauto | |
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. |
References[edit]
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