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While A, B; Although A (is being done), B
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悪 い と 思 い つつも 今日 も 寝 坊 を した 。 
Although I feel it's bad/wrong, I overslept again today.
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いけない と 思 い つつも お 菓 子 を たくさん 食 べ た 。 
Despite thinking that it's wrong, I ate a lot of candy.

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emmy
Level: 3
(10 years ago)
勇気を出して真実を言おうと思いつつもうそをついてしまった。
Even though I plucked up the courage and was going to tell the truth, I ended up lying.
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AVerb: Stem
つつ
も
BAction
Notes
This is the written form of ~ながら
Related Expressions
ながら
ながら (も)
Where this grammar is found
新完全マスター文法 N2: 02課・～している（進行中）
新完全マスター文法 N2: 14課・～けれど
Nihongo So-Matome N2 (日本語総まとめ）: 第４週　４日目
JLPT N2 / Advanced: Verb Suffixes ④


User notes
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1. つつ expresses concurrent action by the same person. (so does ながら; to express concurrent actions by different people, use 間 あいだ).
2. つつ is not used to describe everyday actions like eating, drinking, watching TV.
3. つつ is only ever attached to V stem.
4. ながら can be preceded by V stem, as well as adjectives, nouns, V て い, V ない [see ながら(も)].
7 years ago
avatar 火曜 - Level 17
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つつ meaning of "although" is that of English "while" in terms of contradiction (while knowing the rules, he broke them anyway).
9 years ago
avatar nyaachan - Level 1
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つつ is simillar to ながら in terms of meaning but while ながら can have two subjects in one sentence (eg. while A did this, B did this), つつ can only have one subject, doing a couple of actions.
9 years ago
avatar nyaachan - Level 1
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と思いつつ and と知りつつ are also commonly used.
12 years ago
avatar マイコー (Site admin) - Level 111

Discussion about this grammar
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mireille
Years Studied: 3
Studying: JLPT N3 & JLPT 2級
Level: 1, 好 : 99
Optional as additional usage:

よく使う言い方：「~と思いつつ」「~と知りつつ」
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12 years ago
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マイコー
Site admin
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Thanks!
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12 years ago
雪カシオペア
Years Studied: 1年
Studying: 仕事
Level: 1, 好 : 5
もう起きなければと思いつつも、なかなか起きられない。 #JGram
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7 years ago (Edited 7 years ago.)
雪カシオペア
Years Studied: 1年
Studying: 仕事
Level: 1, 好 : 5
運動不足は体に悪いと知れつつ、時間がなくて出来ない。 #JGram
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7 years ago (Edited 7 years ago.)
lilisin
Studying: Until I'm satisfied.
Level: 1, 好 : 141
[i]つつ is simillar to ながら in terms of meaning but while ながら can have two subjects in one sentence (eg. while A did this, B did this), つつ can only have one subject, doing a couple of actions.[/i] Isn't this second usage note incorrect as ながら can't have two subjects? It should be (while topic did A, topic did B).
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7 years ago
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マイコー
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If the usage note is incorrect (I agree with you), just vote it down, thanks!

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7 years ago



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