Word Meaning 行きつ戻りつ
ゆきつもどりつ
yukitsumodoritsu
行きつ戻りつ is read as ゆきつもどりつ (yukitsumodoritsu) and means going up and down.
Meaning
English
- going up and down
- going back and forth
Reading
Kana
ゆきつもどりつ
Romaji
yukitsumodoritsu
Writing Variants
- 行きつ戻りつ いきつもどりつ ikitsumodoritsu
Stroke Sequence
6 Characters • 21 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
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.