なお

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
尚
猶
尚お (obsolete)

/napo/ → /nafo/ → /nawo/ → /nao/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Adverb

なお • (nao) ←なほ (nafo)?

  1. furthermore, in addition
  2. still, as always
  3. even more

Conjunction

なお • (nao) ←なほ (nafo)?

  1. moreover, furthermore, in addition, note that

Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
直

Adjective

なお • (nao) ←なほ (nafo)?†-nari

  1. common, ordinary, straight

Adverb

なお • (nao) ←なほ (nafo)?

  1. normally, usually

Etymology 3

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

なお • (Nao) 

  1. 奈緒, 直緒, 奈央, 奈穂: a female given name
  2. 南朋: a male or female given name

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