雖も

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雖
いえど
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

仮定形(かていけい) (kateikei)/已然形(いぜんけい) (izenkei) of verb 言(い)う (iu, to say) + inflectional suffix ど (do, indicating contrasting conjunction) + particle も (mo).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いえ​ども [ìéꜜdòmò] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ie̞do̞mo̞]

Conjunction

雖(いえど)も • (iedomo) ←いへども (ifedomo)?

  1. (literary) even though; despite; notwithstanding

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
雖
いうと
Hyōgaiji
irregular

Verb 言(い)う (iu, to say) + particle と (to) + particle も (mo).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いうとも [ìútómó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [iɯ̟ᵝto̞mo̞]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːto̞mo̞]

Conjunction

雖(いうと)も • (iutomo) ←いふとも (ifutomo)?

  1. (literary) even though; despite; notwithstanding
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