所々

I

しょしょ【所々･処々】

several [various] places.

●市内の所々で in several [various] parts of the city.

●所々に here and there; in (several) places

・市内の所々に浸水があった. The city was flooded in several [various] places.

所々方々 everywhere.

●所々方々から from various quarters; from far and near

・所々方々で (here, there, and) everywhere

・所々方々を渡り歩く wander from place to place

・所々方々に問い合わせてみたが彼の行方は依然としてわからない. Inquiries have been made in every likely place, but his whereabouts are still unknown.

II

ところどころ【所々】

here and there; at [in] places; (散在して) sporadically.

●〔ペンキなどが〕 所々はげている be peeling [chipped] in places.

●野原の所々に桜草が咲いていた. Primroses dotted [There were primroses dotted about] the field. | The field was dotted with primroses.

●会話の所々を立ち聞きする overhear snatches of a conversation.

●障子に所々穴があいている. There are holes here and there in the paper sliding door.

・田んぼの中に所々家が建っている. Houses stand scattered among the paddies.

・所々つっかえたがなんとか全部暗誦できた. I stumbled in places, but I managed to recite all of it from memory.

・原稿が古くなって所々読めないところがある. The manuscript is old and in places is unreadable.