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どう

どう

See also: とう

Japanese

Adverb

どう (romaji )

  1. 如何: in what manner?

See also

Usage notes

  • The hiragana spelling (どう) is preferred to the kanji spelling (如何), which is rarely used.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Interjection

どう (romaji )

  1. Casual greeting: Howdy? What's new? What's up?
    どう?まあまあ
    Dō? Māmā
    Howdy? So-so.
  2. Casual question: It works? Is it OK?
    どう?いいんじゃない
    Dō? Ii n ja nai
    It works? Seems OK.
  3. Call out to horses or cows to control/stop them: ho! hoy!

Noun

どう (romaji )

  1. : the large intestine; the body
  2. : movement, action
  3. : hall, temple, building
  4. :
  5. : way
  6. : copper
  7. :
  8. :

Prefix

どう (romaji dō-)

  1. : same

Suffix

どう (romaji -dō)

  1. : hall, temple, building