転々

てんてん · tenten · JLPT N2 · adverb

from one to another

⚽ 転 means roll; doubled, 転々 means rolling on from one spot to the next

The single character 転 means roll or turn, and doubling it shows the motion repeating. Say it as ten-ten, like a ball that keeps bouncing from one place to the next.

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