点てん綴てい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

interspersion; dotting; studding

Literary word describing things scattered or dotted across a landscape or surface, like stars in the sky or houses in the countryside. Often used in descriptive or poetic contexts.

• 夜よ空ぞらに星ほしが点てん綴ていしている。

  Stars are scattered across the night sky.

• 田でん園えん風ふう景けいには古ふるい家いえ々いえが点てん綴ていしていた。

  Old houses dotted the rural landscape.