つつ

Japanese

Particle

つつ • (tsutsu) 

  1. while, -ing, for two actions happening at once
    様(さま)々(ざま)な目(もく)的(てき)や意(い)味(み)を込(こ)めつつ食(しょく)事(じ)をしている。
    Samazama na mokuteki ya imi o kome tsutsu shokuji o shiteiru.
    People have meals with various goals or meanings.
  2. although, doing in spite of opposition
  3. in the process of
Usage notes

This attaches to the 連用形 form of a verb.

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of つつ – see the following entries.
【筒】S
[noun] tube
[noun] hub (central part of a wheel)
【銃】S
[noun] This term needs a translation to English.
(This term, つつ, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.
For a list of all kanji read as つつ, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as つつ.)
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