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等々 (とうとう, toutou) Japanese meaning: etc | Kotomora
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たん
当とう
者しゃ
等とう
々とう
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合あ
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At the meeting, we discussed the budget, schedule, person in charge, and so on.
I wrote fruits, vegetables, meat, etc. on the shopping list.
Kanji 等 etc., and so forth, class (first) Related words· 8 など is the common, casual word for 'etc.', while 等々 is more formal and stresses a longer, varied list.
等 is a shorter, neutral way to say 'etc.', while 等々 doubles the character to emphasize an extended or diverse list.
とか is a casual spoken way to list examples loosely, whereas 等々 is more formal and used mainly in writing or formal speech.
とうとう and ついに both mean 'finally,' but とうとう feels more colloquial and emotional while ついに is slightly more formal and common in writing.
Show 4 more 結局 is a neutral 'in the end' that can introduce any outcome, whereas とうとう often carries a stronger sense of something finally happening after a long process, frequently with a note of inevitability.
とうとう is a plain way to say something finally happened, while いよいよ carries more emotional weight and a sense of climax.
とうとう is a plain, everyday adverb for 'finally', whereas 挙句 is more literary and specifically frames the result as the end of a lengthy or troubled process.
Written forms 等とう 々とう Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling, common in formal and written contexts.
等とう 等とう Usage <1%
Less common variant; 等々 is preferred.
Etymology Reduplication of 等 (とう, 'etc.'), reinforcing the meaning of 'and so on'.
とうとう is neutral and often used for outcomes seen as inevitable (even negative ones), whereas やっと implies satisfaction that something difficult finally happened.
