Japanese

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Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 5
どう
Grade: 5
goon

Adjective

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(どう)(どう) (dōdō-tari (adnominal (どう)(どう)とした (dōdō to shita) or (どう)(どう)たる (dōdō taru), adverbial (どう)(どう) (dōdō to) or (どう)(どう)として (dōdō to shite))

For pronunciation and definitions of 堂々 – see the following entry.
堂堂どうどう
[adjective] [from late 1100s] magnificent, grand, bold, impressive, majestic, imposing, dignified, stately
[adjective] [from 1906] proud, fair, square, open, unreserved, hiding nothing
[adverb] [from late 1100s] magnificently, grandly, boldly, impressively, majesticly, imposingly, in a dignified or stately manner
[adverb] [from 1906] proudly, fairly, squarely, openly, unreservedly, without apology, without hesitation, hiding nothing
(This term, 堂々, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)