N12841/3019

ぼつぼつ

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordadverbadverb taking the と particlenounnoun (generic)

Meanings

  • gradually, little by little, in a breezy manner
  • soon, before long
  • here and there, scattered
  • spots, dots, pimples, rash

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Example sentences

そろそろぼつぼつ準備じゅんびはじめましょうか。

I suppose it's about time we started preparing little by little.

かれかおぼつぼつあか発疹はっしんてきた。

Red spots and rashes started appearing on his face.

ぼつぼつ観光客かんこうきゃく広場ひろばあつまりはじめていた。

Tourists were gradually beginning to gather in the square here and there.

長年ながねんつとめた会社かいしゃぼつぼつどきかもしれないとかんじた。

I felt that perhaps the time had gradually come to leave the company I had worked at for so many years.

そらぼつぼつほしあらわれ、やがて満天まんてん星空ほしぞらへとわっていった。

Stars appeared scattered across the sky one by one, and before long it transformed into a sky filled with countless stars.