あちこち

あちこち · achikochi · JLPT N3 · noun

there

📍 あち + こち = there + here, old forms of あっち and こっち

あち is an old form of あっち (over there) and こち of こっち (over here). Put them together and you get there-and-here, meaning all over the place. It works like the English phrase here and there, just in the opposite order.

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