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Grammar detail: つつ

つつ - while

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verb X

+

つつ

+

verb Y

means

Y occurs while X is occurring

Note: the common expression つつある is an example of this usage.

だと

のゴールデンウイークに

をする

は

らしい。
Even though we're supposedly in a recession, people are traveling abroad in record numbers this Golden Week holiday.

に

られつつ、

ちでうとうと

った。
For about 2 hours I dozed pleasantly, while rocked by the train.

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verb stem + つつある - continues to be/do

Kanji used in this grammar

不

フブ not

2

景

ケイ scenery

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3

気

キケ spirit

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1

言

ゲンゴン say; word こと word, saying いう to say

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2

今

コンキンいま now

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1

年

ネンとし year

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1

海

カイうみ ocean

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2

外

ガイゲそと outside ほか other はずす to remove, mislead はずれる to come off, to miss

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1

旅

リョたび trip

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2

行

コウギョウアンゆくいく to go おこなう to take place

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1

人

ジンニンひと man

1

過

カあやまち mistake あやまつ to slip up すぎる to overdo, be more than すごす to pass, spend

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3

去

キョコさる leave

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2

最

サイもっとも most

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3

高

コウ expensive; high たかたかい expensive, tall, high たかまる to be elevated たかめる to promote, heighten

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1

汽

キ steam, vapour

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5

車

シャくるま car

1

揺

ヨウゆるゆするゆさぶるゆすぶる to shake (something) ゆれるゆるぐ to tremble, to shake ゆらぐ to be (emotionally) shaken

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5

時

ジとき time, occasion

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1

間

カンケンあいだ interval, between ま space, room

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1

持

ジもつ to hold, to have

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2

眠

ミンねむる to sleep ねむい sleepy

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3

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