つつ

Japanese

Particle

つつ (romaji tsutsu)

1. while, -ing, for two actions happening at once

   様々な目的や意味を込めつつ食事をしている。

   さまざまなもくてきやいみをこめつつしょくじしている。
   samazama na mokuteki ya imi o kome tsutsu shokuji 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 -masu stem of a verb.