ぼちぼち

Frequency rank: 20,793. – 20,901.

adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle

leisurely; slowly; gradually; steadily; little by littleonomatopoeic or mimetic word

adverb (fukushi)

soon; shortlyonomatopoeic or mimetic word
here and there; scattered; dottedonomatopoeic or mimetic word

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

not bad; passable; so-soKansai-ben dialect

Forms

ぼちぼちFrequency rank: 20,793. – 20,901.
ボチボチFrequency rank: 38,768. – 39,308.

Example sentences

3 results

1. 、。

Pretty soon we'd better wrap up this break and get back to work.

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2. 、。

Well, I'll get going.

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3. きごう「、だっきごう？きごう」きごう「。、きごう『きごう』らしい、。きごう」

"How's Grandpops?" "Not so good. But when the doctor told him to squeeze her hand, he seemed to do it, as if he understood what she told him. I hope he gets well soon."

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