だうだう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of だうだう – 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
Alternative spelling
堂々
(This term, だうだう (daudau), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
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