所所

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
所	所
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 所 (tokoro). The tokoro changes to dokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ところどころ [tòkóródóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [to̞ko̞ɾo̞do̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

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

here and there

Synonyms

彼方此方(あちこち) (achikochi)
所所(しょしょ) (shosho)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
所	所
しょ Grade: 3	しょ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
所々処処処々諸処

Reduplication of 所 (sho).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょしょ [shóꜜshò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ɕo̞]

Noun

所(しょ)所(しょ) or 所所(しょゝゝ) • (shosho)

here and there

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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