"ようよう" meaning in Japanese

See ようよう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [jo̞ːjo̞ː] Forms: yōyō [romanization], yauyau [romanization], やうやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: table Elision of ようやく (yōyaku). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|漸う}} table, {{ja-r|ようやく}} ようやく (yōyaku) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|hhira=やうやう}} ようよう • (yōyō) ^(←やうやう (yauyau)?)
  1. Classical Japanese and literary form of ようやく (youyaku) Tags: Classical, Japanese, alt-of, literary Alternative form of: ようやく (extra: youyaku)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for ようよう meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "要用",
    "陽葉",
    "雍容",
    "様様",
    "鷹揚",
    "呦呦",
    "夭夭",
    "杳杳",
    "洋々",
    "庸庸",
    "揚揚",
    "揺揺",
    "溶溶",
    "雍雍",
    "漾漾",
    "遥遥"
  ],
  "word": "ようよう"
}

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