堂々

Japanese

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

Adjective

堂(どう)々(どう) • (dōdō) ^†-tari (adnominal 堂(どう)々(どう)とした (dōdō to shita) or 堂(どう)々(どう)たる (dōdō taru), adverbial 堂(どう)々(どう)と (dōdō to) or 堂(どう)々(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.)