Korean word

곳곳

Pronunciation

Romanizationkotkkot

Meaning

  • nounhere and there

Example

집안곳곳에 먼지가 쌓여 있다.chi ban got kko se meon ji ga ssa yeo it tta

Dust has piled up here and there inside the house.

Illustration for 곳곳 (here and there)

More examples

축제장곳곳에 사람들이 북적였다.chuk jje jang got kko se sa ram deu ri puk jjeo gyeot tta

People crowded every part of the festival grounds.

Core concept

Something is found in scattered locations rather than in one single place.

Common phrases

  • 곳곳에kot kko se

    here and there

  • 곳곳에서kot kko se seo

    here and there

  • 곳곳을 둘러보다kot kko seul tul leo bo da

    look around various places

Similar words

여기저기yeogijeogi: Several unspecified places referred to casually, often during movement, looking, or searching.
이곳저곳igotjjeogot: Various places across an area expressed in a relatively calm, measured way.
여러 군데yeoreo kunde: Several separate places identified broadly without naming each one.

Definition in Korean

여러 곳에 조금씩 퍼져 있는 부분이나 위치를 가리키는 명사.yeo reo ko se cho geum ssik peo jeo in neun pu bu ni na wi chi reul ka ri ki neun myeong sa

Word origin

Repeating the native word for place gives a plural and distributive sense, meaning one place here and another place there.

Usage tips

  • In descriptive writing, this word shows that a condition extends across an area without filling every part of it.

Opposites

  • 한곳hangotone placenoun
  • 한군데hangundeone spotnoun

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