点々(ちょぼちょぼ)sparsely, drop-by-drop, , on par with, as good as, (vertical) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)

髭(ひげ)がちょぼちょぼと生(は)えているので剃(す)りました。

I shaved because my beard was growing in sparsely. {sparsely, drop-by-drop, , on par with, as good as, (vertical) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)}

収入(しゅうにゅう)がちょぼちょぼなら、家事(かじ)も半々(はんはん)で分担(ぶんたん)するべきだ。

If the income is sparse, household chores should be shared equally. {sparsely, drop-by-drop, , on par with, as good as, (vertical) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)}

草(くさ)がちょぼちょぼとしか生(は)えていない荒地(あれち)の手入(てい)れは簡単(かんたん)だ。

Maintaining a wasteland where grass is growing sparsely is easy. {sparsely, drop-by-drop, , on par with, as good as, (vertical) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)}

息子(むすこ)と娘(むすめ)の成績(せいせき)はちょぼちょぼで、特(とく)にどちらが秀(ひい)でているとかない。

The grades of my son and daughter are on par with each other, with neither particularly excelling. {sparsely, drop-by-drop, , on par with, as good as, (vertical) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)}

病院(びょういん)で脱毛(だつもう)を始(はじ)めてから、髭(ひげ)がちょぼちょぼとしか生(は)えないようになった。

Since I started hair removal at the hospital, my beard has been growing in sparsely. {sparsely, drop-by-drop, , on par with, as good as, (vertical) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)}