Word Meaning 点々

てんてん tenten

点々 is read as てんてん (tenten) and means dots.

Meaning

English

dots
spots
here and there
little by little
sporadically
scattered in drops

Reading

Kana

てんてん

Romaji

tenten

Writing Variants

点点てんてん tenten

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters

々

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 54057 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

点

てん

"dot" stroke (in a Chinese character)

点数

てんすう

number of items

点火

てんか

ignition

点呼

てんこ

roll-call

点く

つく

to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.)

点ける

つける

to turn on

点字

てんじ

braille

点在

てんざい

being dotted about

点差

てんさ

point spread

点取り

てんとり

competition for school marks

点景

てんけい

persons or animals added to a picture

点本

てんぽん

book with reading aids (such as kana or punctuation marks)

Example Sentences

池に落ち葉が点々と浮かんでいた。

The pond was dotted with fallen leaves.

地図上のこの点々は何を表しているのですか。

What do these dots represent on the map?