随所

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 随所 is a noun read ずいしょ, meaning throughout or in many places. It commonly appears as 随所に.
• Basic usage: It can locate physical objects throughout an area or recurring features throughout a work.
  • 古い町並みの随所に小さな井戸が残っています。 says that small wells remain throughout the old neighborhood; この小説には作者らしいユーモアが随所に見られます。 says that the author's characteristic humor appears throughout the novel.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 随所に残る
  • に marks the various points where the small wells remain.
• 随所に見られる
  • This states that the feature can be observed at many points in the work, not only in one passage.
• 随所 and 至る所
  • Both can mean in many places, while 随所 is a concise, relatively formal way to point to multiple locations within a defined scope.