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1. |
(延々,延延 only)
[adv-to,adj-t]
▶ endlessly ▶ continuously ▶ (going) on and on |
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2. |
[adj-t,adv-to]
▶ meandering ▶ winding ▶ sinuous ▶ serpentine |
2. | A 2022-09-23 19:43:31 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | Tanaka sentence: アマゾン川は延々と北ブラジルを流れている。 The Amazon River meanders through northern Brazil. 延々と流れ 5309 蜿蜒と流れ 0 えんえんと流れ 195 --- 延々と連なる 1059 蜿蜒と連なる 0 えんえんと連なる 31 --- 延々長蛇 315 蜿蜒長蛇 40 えんえん長蛇 21 |
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Comments: | Despite what the kokugos day, 延々 is also used for sense 2 (and is much more common than 蜿蜒). |
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Diff: | @@ -14,0 +15 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> @@ -17,0 +19 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> @@ -20,0 +23,5 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>蜒々</keb> +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> @@ -28,0 +36,3 @@ +<stagk>延々</stagk> +<stagk>延延</stagk> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> @@ -30,2 +39,0 @@ -<pos>&adv-to;</pos> -<gloss>forever</gloss> @@ -33 +41,2 @@ -<gloss>on and on</gloss> +<gloss>continuously</gloss> +<gloss>(going) on and on</gloss> @@ -39 +47,0 @@ -<gloss>wandering</gloss> @@ -43 +50,0 @@ -<gloss>zigzagging</gloss> |
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1. | A* 2022-09-23 01:11:31 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | It looks like this needs to be split. GG5 is my only reference which merges these forms. Going by the kokugos, it looks like 延延 applies strictly to our sense [1] and 蜿蜒 is sense [2]. 蜿蜿 and 蜒蜒 (distinct from 蜿蜒) are both mentioned in meikyo and iwanami. Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮ │ 延々 │ 351,921 │ 83.5% │ │ 延延 │ 2,099 │ 0.5% │ │ 蜿蜒 │ 1,573 │ 0.4% │ │ 蜿々 │ 131 │ 0.0% │ │ 蜿蜿 │ 157 │ 0.0% │ │ 蜒々 │ 88 │ 0.0% │ 🡠 not currently in JMdict │ 蜒蜒 │ 0 │ 0.0% │ 🡠 not currently in JMdict │ えんえん │ 65,743 │ 15.6% │ ╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯ |