ぼつぼつ

ぼつぼつ · botsubotsu · JLPT N1 · noun

gradually

🌦️ ぼつぼつ sounds like 'bottle-bottle': dots of rain tapping, one drop at a time, here and there.

Reduplicated ぼつ (a dot or spot, from 没/ぼつ 'sunk') doubled into ぼつぼつ. Repetition marks scattered, gradual events, like spots of rain starting to fall.

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