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In the song Chercher by Kotoko there's the line

> 心配性｛しんぱいしょう｝と言｛い｝われても ハラハラのしどおしよ

And in a subtitled video it gets translated to: "Even if you say I'm a
worrier, you're anxious with me"

It all makes sense expect that どおし part... Is it supposed to be 同士｛どうし} ? But
if so, how come it's written with a different spelling that my IME doesn't
acknowledge?

I tried researching this and the best I found is this
<https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1216623117> but I
don't know. Does anyone know what this どおし is supposed to be and why it gets
spelt this way?
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What does どおし mean in this song?
It is from the verb 「通{とお}す」.

> 「Verb in 連用形{れんようけい} (continuative form) + 通す」

means:

> "to continue [verb]-ing to the end"

In 「しどおし」, the first 「し」 is the 連用形 of the verb 「する」. 「どおし」is the 連用形 of 「通す」.
The と-to-ど change is [rendaku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku).

Thus, 「どおし」 has nothing to do with「同士」 -- none.

「通す」 is written 「とおす」 in kana, not 「とうす」.

My TL of the line:

> "Even if they call me a natural worrier, I just can't stop feeling uneasy!"

Other examples:

「朝まで飲み通す」 = "to keep on drinking till the dawn"

「９回まで投げ通す」 = "to continue to pitch till the 9th inning"

「仕事をやり通す」 = "to completely finish one's work"
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