Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
とう
Hyōgaiji
とう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 滔々 – see the following entry.
滔滔とうとう
[adjective] torrential (of flowing water)
[adjective] voluble (of speech)
[adjective] flowing strongly in one direction (of a matter of the times)
(This term, 滔々, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)