三三五五

さんさんごご

in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (in groups of) threes and fives

Also written 三々五々

Meanings

Adverb
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (in groups of) threes and fivesFour-character idiom

Example sentences

客きゃくは三々五々さんさんごご到着とうちゃくした。

Guests arrived by twos and threes.
彼かれらは山小屋やまごやに三々五々さんさんごご泊とまった。

They lodged by twos and threes in the cottage.
彼かれらはあの寂さびしい農家のうかに三々五々さんさんごご泊とまるだろう。

They will lodge by twos and threes in lonely farmhouses.
１１時じゅういちじを過すぎると、お客たちは三々五々さんさんごご帰かえり始はじめた。

After 11 o'clock the guests began to leave by twos and threes.