JLPT N3 · な-adjective

あちこち (achikochi)

あちこち is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “here and there; various places”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あちこち
Romaji
achikochi
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. here and there; various places; all around; all over; everywhere · pronoun, adverb, suru verb · usually written in kana
  2. muddled; confused; in the wrong order; back to front · な-adjective, noun, suru verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

本が部屋のあちこちに散らばっていた。
There were books lying about the room.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of あちこち

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryあちこちするあちこちする achikochisuru
Polite (~masu)あちこちしますあちこちします achikochishimasu
Negativeあちこちしないあちこちしない achikochishinai
Polite negativeあちこちしませんあちこちしません achikochishimasen
Pastあちこちしたあちこちした achikochishita
Polite pastあちこちしましたあちこちしました achikochishimashita
Negative pastあちこちしなかったあちこちしなかった achikochishinakatta
Te-formあちこちしてあちこちして achikochishite
Potentialあちこちできるあちこちできる achikochidekiru
Passiveあちこちされるあちこちされる achikochisareru
Causativeあちこちさせるあちこちさせる achikochisaseru
Volitionalあちこちしようあちこちしよう achikochishiyou
Imperativeあちこちしろあちこちしろ achikochishiro
Conditional (~ba)あちこちすればあちこちすれば achikochisureba

Source: JMdict entry 1612620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.