Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 3
らい
Grade: S
どう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
附和雷同

Etymology

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付和(ふわ) (fuwa, (ja)) + 雷同(らいどう) (raidō)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) わらいどー [fúꜜwàràìdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠ɾa̠ido̞ː]

Noun

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()()(らい)(どう) (fuwaraidō

  1. blindly following others

Verb

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()()(らい)(どう)する (fuwaraidō suruintransitive suru (stem ()()(らい)(どう) (fuwaraidō shi), past ()()(らい)(どう)した (fuwaraidō shita))

  1. follow the crowd

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN