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点々 (てんてん): here and there, little by little — Japanese vocabulary

点々 is read てんてん and means "here and there, little by little". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

点々

Reading
てんてん · tenten
Translation
here and there, little by little
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
てんてんがてんてんが

Example

池に落ち葉が点々と浮かんでいた。

いけにおちばがてんてんとうかんでいた。

The pond was dotted with fallen leaves.

Kanji in this word

  • 点 — point, score

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