ぼつぼつ
N1 botsubotsu
- gradually
- here and there
- spots
- pimples
adverbadverb (〜と)
Chinese meanings
渐渐;零星
Examples
- 雨がぼつぼつ降り始めた。Rain began to fall little by little.雨渐渐下起来了。
- ぼつぼつ出かけよう。It is about time to leave.该差不多出发了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f196c171b6'); // ぼつぼつ
{
"id": "f196c171b6",
"word": "ぼつぼつ",
"reading": "ぼつぼつ",
"romaji": "botsubotsu",
"meanings": [
"gradually",
"here and there",
"spots",
"pimples"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adv",
"adv-to"
],
"jmdict_id": 1011840,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "雨がぼつぼつ降り始めた。",
"en": "Rain began to fall little by little."
},
{
"ja": "ぼつぼつ出かけよう。",
"en": "It is about time to leave."
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "bf9288b4792d11688168e606aaa963cd40699c4c6c8bd214748b3c9c9d74fb86",
"meanings": [
"渐渐",
"零星"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "雨がぼつぼつ降り始めた。",
"zh": "雨渐渐下起来了。"
},
{
"ja": "ぼつぼつ出かけよう。",
"zh": "该差不多出发了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/f196c171b6",
"JMdict ent_seq 1011840; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "90411c214552c322b12e11fdb130d18ffd9a32687cdc6be7e9b694aec59230fd"
}
}