洋々

See also: 洋洋

Japanese
Kanji in this term
洋 洋
よう
Grade: 3		 よう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
洋洋

Pronunciation

Adjective

洋(よう)々(よう) • (yōyō) ←やうやう (yauyau)? †-tari (adnominal 洋(よう)々(よう)たる (yōyō taru), adverbial 洋(よう)々(よう)と (yōyō to) or 洋(よう)々(よう)として (yōyō to shite))

  1. (literary) broad, vast, boundless, wide
    洋(よう)々(よう)たる大(おお)海(うな)原(ばら)
    yōyō taru ō-unabara
    a vast expansive ocean

Inflection
Classical conjugation of "洋々たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 洋々たらようようたらyouyoutara
Continuative (連用形) 洋々と[1]
洋々たり[2]		ようようと
ようようたり		youyouto
youyoutari
Terminal (終止形) 洋々たりようようたりyouyoutari
Attributive (連体形) 洋々たるようようたるyouyoutaru
Realis (已然形) 洋々たれようようたれyouyoutare
Imperative (命令形) 洋々たれようようたれyouyoutare
Key constructions
Negative 洋々たらずようようたらずyouyoutarazu
Contrasting conjunction 洋々たれどようようたれどyouyoutaredo
Causal conjunction 洋々たればようようたればyouyoutareba
Conditional conjunction 洋々たらばようようたらばyouyoutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 洋々たりきようようたりきyouyoutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 洋々たりけりようようたりけりyouyoutarikeri
Adverbial 洋々とようようとyouyouto
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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