眈々
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 眈 | 眈 |
| たん Hyōgai |
たん Hyōgai |
| kan'on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 眈眈 |
Etymology
Borrowed from Literary Chinese 眈眈 (dāndān).
Pronunciation
- Homophone: 淡淡
Adjective
眈々 • (tantan) ←たむたむ (tamutamu)?†-tari (adnominal 眈々とした (tantan to shita) or 眈々たる (tantan taru), adverbial 眈々と (tantan to) or 眈々として (tantan to shite))
- (glaring) covetously, (watching) eagerly (for a chance)
Inflection
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 眈々たら | たんたんたら | tantantara |
| Continuative (連用形) | 眈々と[1] 眈々たり[2] |
たんたんと たんたんたり |
tantanto tantantari |
| Terminal (終止形) | 眈々たり | たんたんたり | tantantari |
| Attributive (連体形) | 眈々たる | たんたんたる | tantantaru |
| Realis (已然形) | 眈々たれ | たんたんたれ | tantantare |
| Imperative (命令形) | 眈々たれ | たんたんたれ | tantantare |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 眈々たらず | たんたんたらず | tantantarazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 眈々たれど | たんたんたれど | tantantaredo |
| Causal conjunction | 眈々たれば | たんたんたれば | tantantareba |
| Conditional conjunction | 眈々たらば | たんたんたらば | tantantaraba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 眈々たりき | たんたんたりき | tantantariki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 眈々たりけり | たんたんたりけり | tantantarikeri |
| Adverbial | 眈々と | たんたんと | tantanto |
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.