N2996/1725

所ところ々どころ

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneadverbnounnoun (generic)

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ところどころ

Meanings

here and there, in places

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Example sentences

道路どうろはところどころひび割われていた。

The road was cracked here and there.

古ふるい地図ちずにはところどころ文字もじが消きえていて読よみにくい。

On the old map, the characters have faded in places, making it hard to read.

山やまの斜面しゃめんにはところどころ雪ゆきが残のこっている。

Snow remains here and there on the mountainside.

彼かれの話はなしはところどころ理解りかいできない部分ぶぶんがあったが、全体的ぜんたいてきには納得なっとくできた。

There were parts of his story that I couldn't understand here and there, but overall I was convinced.

修復しゅうふくされた壁画へきがはところどころ色いろが違ちがうため、補修ほしゅうの跡あとが一目ひとめでわかる。

Since the restored mural differs in color in places, the traces of repair are visible at a glance.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)