Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
ところ
Grade: 3
ところ > どころ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
所々
処処
処々

Reduplication of (tokoro). The tokoro changes to dokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ところ)(どころ) or 所所(ところゞゝゝ) (tokorodokoro

  1. here and there
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 3
しょ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
所々
処処
処々
諸処

Reduplication of (sho).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しょ)(しょ) or 所所(しょゝゝ) (shosho

  1. here and there

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN