堂々 (どうどう): magnificent, grand, impressive — Japanese vocabulary
堂々 is read どうどう and means "magnificent, grand, impressive". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
堂々
- Reading
- どうどう · doudou
- Translation
- magnificent, grand, impressive
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- どうどうがどうどうが
Example
ボートの操作者は禁煙の表示にも関わらず、堂々といつも吸っていた。
ボートのそうさしゃはきんえんのひょうじにもかかわらず、どうどうといつもすっていた。
Despite "No Smoking" signs, the boat operator was brazenly smoking all the time.
Kanji in this word
- 堂 — Public Chamber, Hall
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