Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
うん
Jinmeiyō
うん > ぬん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
云云

From Middle Chinese 云云 (MC hjun hjun). The un changes to nun as an instance of renjō (連声). [1][2]

First cited to 1110.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(うん)(ぬん) (unnun

  1. and so on
Derived terms edit

Verb edit

(うん)(ぬん)する (unnun surusuru (stem (うん)(ぬん) (unnun shi), past (うん)(ぬん)した (unnun shita))

  1. to criticize
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
しか
Jinmeiyō
しか > じか
Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 云々 – see the following entry.
然然しかじか
[adverb] and so on
Alternative spelling
然々
(This term, 云々, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 云云”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 云々”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN