"細々" meaning in Japanese

See 細々 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: 細々 [canonical] (ruby: (こま), (ごま)), komagoma [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|こまごま}} 細(こま)々(ごま) • (komagoma)
  1. Alternative form of 細細 Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 細細
    Sense id: en-細々-ja-adv-UzssHJqC Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

Forms: 細々 [canonical] (ruby: (ほそ), (ぼそ)), hosoboso [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|ほそぼそ}} 細(ほそ)々(ぼそ) • (hosoboso)
  1. Alternative form of 細細 Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 細細
    Sense id: en-細々-ja-adv-UzssHJqC1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "々",
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      "form": "komagoma",
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          "々",
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Download raw JSONL data for 細々 meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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