とど
See also: とと
Japanese
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of とど – see the following entries. | ||
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| (This term, とど (todo), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as とど, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とど.) |
Etymology 2
From 鯔 (todo), that term referring the largest specimens of the species.
Noun
とど • (todo)
Verb
とどする • (todo suru) suru (stem とどし (todo shi), past とどした (todo shita))
- to be at the furthest limit
- to just barely finish; to finish at the last moment
- Synonym: ぎりぎり (giri-giri, adverb)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "とどする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | とどし | todo shi | ||
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | とどし | todo shi | ||
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | とどする | todo suru | ||
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | とどする | todo suru | ||
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | とどすれ | todo sure | ||
| Meireikei ("imperative") | とどせよ¹ とどしろ² |
todo seyo¹ todo shiro² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | とどされる | todo sareru | ||
| Causative | とどさせる とどさす |
todo saseru todo sasu | ||
| Potential | とどできる | todo dekiru | ||
| Volitional | とどしよう | todo shiyō | ||
| Negative | とどしない | todo shinai | ||
| Negative continuative | とどせず | todo sezu | ||
| Formal | とどします | todo shimasu | ||
| Perfective | とどした | todo shita | ||
| Conjunctive | とどして | todo shite | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | とどすれば | todo sureba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Adverb
とど • (todo)
- short for とどのつまり (todo no tsumari, “in the end”)
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeic
Adverb
とど • (todo)