"つつ" meaning in Japanese

See つつ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

Forms: tsutsu [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} つつ • (tsutsu)
  1. while, -ing, for two actions happening at once
    Sense id: en-つつ-ja-particle-~mAWICIe
  2. although, doing in spite of opposition
    Sense id: en-つつ-ja-particle-FQC1fAi4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 47 50 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 2 45 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 45 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 47 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 48 50
  3. in the process of
    Sense id: en-つつ-ja-particle-OPuMtVNQ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 47 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 36 60 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 2 45 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 45 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 47 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 48 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-つつ-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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          "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"
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              "々",
              "ざま"
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            [
              "目",
              "もく"
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            [
              "的",
              "てき"
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            [
              "意",
              "い"
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              "味",
              "み"
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              "込",
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    "筒",
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          "english": "People have meals with various goals or meanings.",
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            [
              "様",
              "さま"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "ざま"
            ],
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              "目",
              "もく"
            ],
            [
              "的",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "味",
              "み"
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              "込",
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              "食",
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              "事",
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Download raw JSONL data for つつ meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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