"つつ" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tsutsu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "つつ • (tsutsu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "People have meals with various goals or meanings.",
          "roman": "Samazama na mokuteki ya imi o kome tsutsu shokuji o shiteiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "様",
              "さま"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "ざま"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "もく"
            ],
            [
              "的",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "味",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "込",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "しょく"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "様々な目的や意味を込めつつ食事をしている。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "while, -ing, for two actions happening at once"
      ],
      "id": "en-つつ-ja-particle-~mAWICIe",
      "links": [
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 48 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 45 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 50 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "although, doing in spite of opposition"
      ],
      "id": "en-つつ-ja-particle-FQC1fAi4",
      "links": [
        [
          "although",
          "although"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 48 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 36 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 45 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 50 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the process of"
      ],
      "id": "en-つつ-ja-particle-OPuMtVNQ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "つつ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tsutsu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "つつ • (tsutsu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "People have meals with various goals or meanings.",
          "roman": "Samazama na mokuteki ya imi o kome tsutsu shokuji o shiteiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "様",
              "さま"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "ざま"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "もく"
            ],
            [
              "的",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "味",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "込",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "しょく"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "様々な目的や意味を込めつつ食事をしている。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "while, -ing, for two actions happening at once"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "although, doing in spite of opposition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "although",
          "although"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in the process of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "つつ"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "筒",
    "銃",
    "鶺鴒"
  ],
  "word": "つつ"
}