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Meaning of ポツリポツリ in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level ポツリポツリ, ぽつりぽつり

Romaji potsuripotsuri, potsuripotsuri

Parts of speech

adverb (fukushi), adverb taking the `to' particle

Meaning

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; by ones and twos

Example sentence

情報は新聞社にぽつりぽつりと洩れているよ。 The information is leaking piecemeal to the press.
Parts of speech

Meaning

in drops (e.g. of rain)

Example sentence

修道士のように頭巾をかぶった雲は、ポツリポツリと落ちる雨を数珠のようにつまぐっている。 The hooded clouds, like friars, tell their beads in drops of rain.

Examples of , ポツリポツリ, ぽつりぽつり in a sentence

情報は新聞社にぽつりぽつりと洩れているよ。

The information is leaking piecemeal to the press.
修道士のように頭巾をかぶった雲は、ポツリポツリと落ちる雨を数珠のようにつまぐっている。

The hooded clouds, like friars, tell their beads in drops of rain.

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