云々

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
云 云
うん
Jinmeiyō		 うん > ぬん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
云云

From Middle Chinese 云云 (MC hjun hjun). The un changes to nun as an instance of renjō (連声). [1][2]

First cited to 1110.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うんぬん [ùńnúń] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝnːɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

云(うん)々(ぬん) • (unnun) 

  1. and so on
Derived terms
  • 云(うん)々(ぬん)かんぬん (unnun kannun)

Verb

云(うん)々(ぬん)する • (unnun suru) suru (stem 云(うん)々(ぬん)し (unnun shi), past 云(うん)々(ぬん)した (unnun shita))

  1. to criticize
Conjugation
Conjugation of "云々する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 云々し うんぬんし unnun shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 云々し うんぬんし unnun shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 云々する うんぬんする unnun suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 云々する うんぬんする unnun suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 云々すれ うんぬんすれ unnun sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 云々せよ¹
云々しろ²		 うんぬんせよ¹
うんぬんしろ²		 unnun seyo¹
unnun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 云々される うんぬんされる unnun sareru
Causative 云々させる
云々さす		 うんぬんさせる
うんぬんさす		 unnun saseru
unnun sasu
Potential 云々できる うんぬんできる unnun dekiru
Volitional 云々しよう うんぬんしよう unnun shiyō
Negative 云々しない うんぬんしない unnun shinai
Negative continuative 云々せず うんぬんせず unnun sezu
Formal 云々します うんぬんします unnun shimasu
Perfective 云々した うんぬんした unnun shita
Conjunctive 云々して うんぬんして unnun shite
Hypothetical conditional 云々すれば うんぬんすれば unnun sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
云 云
しか
Jinmeiyō		 しか > じか
Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 云々 – see the following entry.
【然然しかじか】
[adverb] and so on
Alternative spelling
然々
(This term, 云々, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. “云云”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “云々”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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