そうそう

See also: そうぞう and ぞうぞう

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
然う然う

Reduplication of そう.

Pronunciation

Adverb

そうそう • (sōsō) ←さうさう (sausau)?

  1. (chiefly in the negative) so much; so often; so long; particularly; especially
    Synonyms: そんなに, それほど
    そんな人(ひと)はそうそういないだろう。
    Sonna hito wa sōsō inai darō.
    A person like them is not so common.
    そうそう彼(かれ)に頼(たの)むわけにもいかない。
    Sōsō kare ni tanomu wake ni mo ikanai.
    I can't ask him so often.

Etymology 2

Reduplication of そう.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) そ​ーそー [sóꜜòsòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ːso̞ː]

Interjection

そうそう • (sōsō) ←さうさう (sausau)?

  1. Used when something comes to mind: to recall
    そうそう、去(きょ)年(ねん)の今(いま)頃(ごろ)だったなあ。
    Sōsō, kyonen no imagoro datta nā.
    Now I remember, it was about this time last year.
  2. Used to express agreement: yeah, of course
    そうそう、その通(とお)りです。
    Sōsō, sonotōridesu.
    Yeah, that make sense.

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of そうそう – see the following entries.
【早々はやばや】
[adverb] so early; occurring much earlier than usual
[adverb] promptly; right away
Alternative spelling
早早
【早々】
[noun] something happening right away
Alternative spelling
早早
【匆々】
[noun] brevity; rudeness; hurry
[noun] sincerely, yours sincerely, sincerely yours (at the end of a letter)
[adjective] brief, rude, hurried, busy
Alternative spellings
匆匆, 怱々, 怱怱, 忩々, 忩忩
【草々】
[noun] brevity; rudeness; hurry
[noun] sincerely, yours sincerely, sincerely yours (at the end of a letter)
[adjective] brief, rude
Alternative spelling
草草
【草創】
[noun] beginning; inauguration
[verb] to begin, to inaugurate
【草叢】
[noun] a thick growth of grass; underbrush; undergrowth
【送葬】
[noun] funeral; burial rites
[noun] attendance at a funeral
[verb] to attend a funeral
【葬送】
[noun] funeral; burial rites
[noun] attendance at a funeral
[verb] to attend a funeral
【滄桑】
[noun] Short for 滄海桑田, vicissitudes of life; great changes; complete transformations
【層相】
[noun] facies
【総奏】
[noun] (music) tutti
【淙淙】
[adjective] (archaic) sound of flowing water
【嘈嘈】
[adjective] (literary) noisy
Alternative spelling
嘈々
【層層】
[adjective] layer upon layer; level by level; multi-layered
【蒼蒼】
[adjective] (archaic, of sky or ocean) blue
[adjective] (archaic, of vegetation) dark green; luxuriantly green
[adjective] (archaic) dim, gloomy
Alternative spelling
蒼々
【錚錚】
[adjective] (literary) eminent; distinguished; outstanding
[adjective] (literary, of metal, musical instrument, etc.) resonant; clear sounding
Alternative spelling
錚々
【簇簇】
[adjective] crowd gathering
【蹌蹌】
[adjective] (archaic) wandering
Alternative spelling
蹌々
【叢叢】
[adjective] (of grass and trees) flourishing
【鏘鏘】
[adjective] (archaic) tinkling sound (esp. bell on the Emperor's carriage); bright sound of metal being struck
[adjective] (archaic) cry of the phoenix
[adjective] popular, prosperous
[noun] (archaic) cry of the phoenix
Alternative spelling
鏘々
(This term, そうそう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 双双, 琮琤, 颼颼.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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