ちらほら

Meanings

1. Adverb here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; sparsely
2. now and then; from time to time; occasionally

Example sentences

• 博物館の参観者の中にちらほら外人が見えた。
  There was a sprinkling of foreigners among the visitors in the museum.
• 博物館の参観者の中にちらほら外国人が見えた。
  There was a sprinkling of foreigners among the visitors in the museum.

Common phrases

• ちらほらある
• ちらほらいる

Word lists

• Onomatopoeia

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