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ぽつりぽつり (potsuripotsuri)

drop by drop

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Meaning

ぽつりぽつり (potsuripotsuri) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “drop by drop”.

Example sentences 4

雨あめがぽつりぽつり降ふり始はじめた

The rain started to fall drop by drop.

情報じょうほうは新聞しんぶん社しゃにぽつりぽつりと洩もれているよ。

The information is leaking piecemeal to the press.

叔父は10年前に死んだ父のことをぽつりぽつり話し始めた.

My uncle started to talk bit by bit about my father, who died ten years ago.

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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