taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Formal or literary term describing things that are varied, not uniform, or split into many parts. Often used in the adverbial form 区区として or 区区に.
意見が区区に分かれた。
Opinions were divided into various camps.
参加者の背景は区区だ。
The backgrounds of the participants are diverse.
taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Formal or literary term for matters that are small-minded, trifling, or not worth serious attention. Often used in the adverbial form 区区として or 区区たる.
区区たる問題にこだわるな。
Don't get hung up on trivial matters.
彼は区区たる利益のために争った。
He fought over a petty profit.
Alternate spelling using the repetition mark 々; less common but still encountered.
A Sino-Japanese reduplicative compound inherited from Classical Chinese 区区, whose senses include “various, divided” and, by extension, “petty, insignificant.”