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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

点てん々てん

N2
てんてん tenten
  1. here and there
  2. little by little
adverbadverb (〜と)

Chinese meanings

零星地;点点

Chinese notes

点々表示零星分布或点状痕迹;転々表示辗转。

Examples

  • 池いけに落おち葉ばが点てん々てんと浮うかんでいた。
    The pond was dotted with fallen leaves.
    落叶零星地浮在池塘里。
  • 地図上のこの点々は何を表しているのですか。
    What do these dots represent on the map?
    地图上的这些点表示什么?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('77bc0bfc10'); // 点々
{
  "id": "77bc0bfc10",
  "word": "点々",
  "reading": "てんてん",
  "romaji": "tenten",
  "meanings": [
    "here and there",
    "little by little"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "adv-to"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1598460,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "池に落ち葉が点々と浮かんでいた。",
      "furigana": "{池|いけ}に{落|お}ち{葉|ば}が{点々|てんてん}と{浮|う}かんでいた。",
      "en": "The pond was dotted with fallen leaves.",
      "tatoeba_id": 126789
    },
    {
      "ja": "地図上のこの点々は何を表しているのですか。",
      "en": "What do these dots represent on the map?",
      "tatoeba_id": 126851
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "1736ab8594bf5e8155e50a200ec7b11e54a3237776f5450e15903ff82a6def61",
    "meanings": [
      "零星地",
      "点点"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "池に落ち葉が点々と浮かんでいた。",
        "zh": "落叶零星地浮在池塘里。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "地図上のこの点々は何を表しているのですか。",
        "zh": "地图上的这些点表示什么?"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/77bc0bfc10",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1598460; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "点々表示零星分布或点状痕迹;転々表示辗转。",
    "review_hash": "fc1e17c3b1c772f7061fc0db6ed7afc08fbd4463c492fca7a47f17101a5e0a5d"
  }
}