Definition of どう
- (adv) how; in what way; how about
あなたはあの車をどう処理したのですか?
What did you do with that car?
- (n) motion; change; confusion
私たちはスペリオル湖まで景色のよい自動車動をドライブした。
We went for a scenic drive as far as Lake Superior.
- (pref) the same; the said; ibid.
英語はドイツ語と同語族である。
The English language is cognate to the German language.
- (n) trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
ダックスフントは、非常に長い胴と短い足をしたドイツ犬である。
A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long body and short legs. - plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
- frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)
- (n) road
- way
- Buddhist teachings
- Taoism
- modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
- historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)
- province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
- province (modern administrative region of Korea)
- (pref) precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very
- derogatory prefix used before nouns & adjectives