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どうもう

Kanji
獰猛
Hepburn romanization
Pitch accent
Adjectival noun

童蒙: (literary) young and ignorant; ignorant and uneducated / 獰猛: fierce, ferocious

Because he is still young and ignorant, he needs to learn etiquette.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjectival noun.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei)
Alternative: どうもうだろ どう猛だろ
Used in forms such as darou.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: 獰猛に 獰猛だっ どうもうで どう猛で
Used with de or ni.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: どうもうだ どう猛だ
Ends a sentence with da.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: どうもうな どう猛な
Modifies a noun with na.
Conditional form (kateikei)
Alternative: どうもうなら どう猛なら
Expresses a condition with nara.
Imperative form (meireikei)
Alternative: どうもうであれ どう猛であれ
Used in formal expressions such as de are.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form equivalent
Alternative: どうもうで どう猛で
Connects clauses using de.
Ta-form
Alternative: どうもうだった どう猛だった
Expresses the past with datta.
Nai-form
Alternative: 獰猛じゃない どうもうではない どうもうじゃない どう猛ではない どう猛じゃない
Expresses negation with dewa nai or ja nai.
Desu-form
Alternative: どうもうです どう猛です
Used for polite speech.
Notes
  • 見出し語「どうもう」は文脈上、ナ形容詞「獰猛」を対象にした。
  • 「獰猛」は「どう猛」と交ぜ書きされることもある。
  • 「童蒙」は主に名詞で、この活用表では扱っていない。

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