Illustration: Across a broad Japanese farming valley, six small houses stand far apart among rice fields, vegetable plots, and patches of woodland. Narrow lanes connect them, but none forms a continuous street or cluster.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

点てん在ざい

tenzai

to be scattered about

Example sentences

  1. 谷たにには農家のうかが点在てんざいしていた。

    The valley was dotted with farm houses.

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  2. 古代こだいから近世きんせいに至いたるまでの史跡しせきが市内しないに点在てんざいする。

    Historic sites from ancient times up to modern times dot the city.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また、中小規模ちゅうしょうきぼの病院びょういんを加くわえると約やく75もの病院びょういんが市内各地しないかくちに点在てんざいしている。

    Also, when including small and medium sized hospitals, there are an estimated 75 hospitals scattered across the city.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 点在

  • 点spot; pointOnテンKunつける・つく・たてる
  • 在exist; outskirtsOnザイKunある

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