"滔滔" meaning in Japanese

See 滔滔 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [to̞ːto̞ː]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|とうとう|hhira=たうたう|infl=tari}} 滔(とう)滔(とう) • (tōtō) ^(←たうたう (tautau)?)^†-tari (adnominal 滔(とう)滔(とう)とした (tōtō to shita) or 滔(とう)滔(とう)たる (tōtō taru), adverbial 滔(とう)滔(とう)と (tōtō to) or 滔(とう)滔(とう)として (tōtō to shite)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|たうたう|adj-tar}} Forms: 滔滔 [canonical] (ruby: (とう), (とう)), tōtō [romanization], tautau [romanization], 滔滔とした [adnominal] (ruby: (とう), (とう)), 滔滔たる [adnominal] (ruby: (とう), (とう)), 滔滔と [adverbial] (ruby: (とう), (とう)), 滔滔として [adverbial] (ruby: (とう), (とう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 滔滔たら [irrealis, stem], たうたうたら [irrealis, stem], tautautara [irrealis], 滔滔と [continuative, stem], 滔滔たり [continuative, stem], たうたうと [continuative, stem], たうたうたり [continuative, stem], tautauto [continuative], tautautari [continuative], 滔滔たり [stem, terminative], たうたうたり [stem, terminative], tautautari [terminative], 滔滔たる [attributive, stem], たうたうたる [attributive, stem], tautautaru [attributive], 滔滔たれ [realis, stem], たうたうたれ [realis, stem], tautautare [realis], 滔滔たれ [imperative, stem], たうたうたれ [imperative, stem], tautautare [imperative], 滔滔たらず [negative], たうたうたらず [negative], tautautarazu [negative], 滔滔たれど [contrastive], たうたうたれど [contrastive], tautautaredo [contrastive], 滔滔たれば [causative], たうたうたれば [causative], tautautareba [causative], 滔滔たらば [conditional], たうたうたらば [conditional], tautautaraba [conditional], 滔滔たりき [past], たうたうたりき [past], tautautariki [past], 滔滔たりけり [past], たうたうたりけり [past], tautautarikeri [past], 滔滔と [adverbial], たうたうと [adverbial], tautauto [adverbial]
  1. torrential (of flowing water)
    Sense id: en-滔滔-ja-adj-xcbZt3eU Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 38 43
  2. voluble (of speech)
    Sense id: en-滔滔-ja-adj-nLanyXJ3 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 38 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 44 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 23 44 34
  3. flowing strongly in one direction (of a matter of the times)
    Sense id: en-滔滔-ja-adj-9YDbqYdG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 38 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 38 13 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 31 22 47
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "滔滔",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔とした",
      "roman": "tōtō to shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たる",
      "roman": "tōtō taru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔と",
      "roman": "tōtō to",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔として",
      "roman": "tōtō to shite",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔と",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうと",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautauto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たらず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたらず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautaredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautareba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たらば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたらば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautaraba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔と",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうと",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautauto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とうとう",
        "hhira": "たうたう",
        "infl": "tari"
      },
      "expansion": "滔(とう)滔(とう) • (tōtō) ^(←たうたう (tautau)?)^†-tari (adnominal 滔(とう)滔(とう)とした (tōtō to shita) or 滔(とう)滔(とう)たる (tōtō taru), adverbial 滔(とう)滔(とう)と (tōtō to) or 滔(とう)滔(とう)として (tōtō to shite))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "たうたう",
        "2": "adj-tar"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 38 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "torrential (of flowing water)"
      ],
      "id": "en-滔滔-ja-adj-xcbZt3eU",
      "links": [
        [
          "torrential",
          "torrential"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 38 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 44 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 44 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "voluble (of speech)"
      ],
      "id": "en-滔滔-ja-adj-nLanyXJ3",
      "links": [
        [
          "voluble",
          "voluble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 30 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 38 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 13 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 22 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flowing strongly in one direction (of a matter of the times)"
      ],
      "id": "en-滔滔-ja-adj-9YDbqYdG",
      "links": [
        [
          "flowing",
          "flowing"
        ],
        [
          "strongly",
          "strongly"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とーとー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ːto̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "滔滔"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese たり-tari adjectives",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "滔滔",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔とした",
      "roman": "tōtō to shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たる",
      "roman": "tōtō taru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔と",
      "roman": "tōtō to",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔として",
      "roman": "tōtō to shite",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "滔",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔と",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうと",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautauto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たらず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたらず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautaredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautareba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たらば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたらば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautaraba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔たりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうたりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautautarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滔滔と",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうたうと",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tautauto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とうとう",
        "hhira": "たうたう",
        "infl": "tari"
      },
      "expansion": "滔(とう)滔(とう) • (tōtō) ^(←たうたう (tautau)?)^†-tari (adnominal 滔(とう)滔(とう)とした (tōtō to shita) or 滔(とう)滔(とう)たる (tōtō taru), adverbial 滔(とう)滔(とう)と (tōtō to) or 滔(とう)滔(とう)として (tōtō to shite))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "たうたう",
        "2": "adj-tar"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "torrential (of flowing water)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torrential",
          "torrential"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "voluble (of speech)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "voluble",
          "voluble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flowing strongly in one direction (of a matter of the times)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flowing",
          "flowing"
        ],
        [
          "strongly",
          "strongly"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とーとー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ːto̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "滔滔"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 滔滔 meaning in Japanese (5.5kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "滔滔"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "滔滔",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "滔滔"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "滔滔",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2530",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Japanese]; cleaned text: ^([1])Without auxiliary verb. ^([2])With auxiliary verb., style: text-align:left;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "滔滔"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "滔滔",
  "trace": ""
}

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