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表層形
ウトウト
副詞

ウトウト

Utouto · うとうと — falling into a doze, dozing off, nodding off

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ウトウト in rōmaji: utouto, also spelled utoto.

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📝 うとうと 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年9月27日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
ウトウト
見出し語 (Lemma)
うとうと
読み (Reading)
ウトウト
品詞 (POS)
副詞・*・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
ウトウト
読み・基本形
ウトウト
表記・基本形
ウトウト
見出し語の読み
ウトウト
💡 English Meaning

ウトウト means “falling into a doze, dozing off, nodding off” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

うとうと (ウトウト) — main entry →

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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (ウトウト) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (うとうと) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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The reading shows the pronunciation in hiragana or katakana as recorded by UniDic. For kanji entries this is the standard reading of this specific surface form — which may differ from other readings of the same kanji.
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