Word Meaning 折々
おりおり
oriori
折々 is read as おりおり (oriori) and means occasionally.
Meaning
English
- occasionally
- now and then
- from time to time
Reading
Kana
おりおり
Romaji
oriori
Writing Variants
- 折折 おりおり oriori
Stroke Sequence
2 Characters
々
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
1其の日は一日淋しいペンの音を聞いて暮した。其の間には折々千代々々と云う声も聞えた。文鳥も淋しいから鳴くのではなかろうかと考えた。然し縁側へ出て見ると、二本の留り木の間を、彼方へ飛んだり、此方へ飛んだり、絶間なく行きつ戻りつしている。少しも不平らしい様子はなかった。
I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.