| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 時々 | ときどき |
Pronunciation: tokidoki
How to Say It Outloud: toh-kee-doh-kee
Usage: Adverb used to describe something that happens occasionally or from time to time.
Example Sentence Japanese:
私は時々映画を見ます。
私は時々映画を見ます。Example Sentence English:I sometimes watch movies.
I sometimes watch movies.| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 偶に | たまに |
Pronunciation: tamani
How to Say It Outloud: tah-mah-nee
Usage: Adverb used to describe something that happens once in a while, less frequently than 時々.
Example Sentence Japanese:彼はたまに外食します。
彼はたまに外食します。Example Sentence English:He occasionally eats out.
He occasionally eats out.| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 時たま | ときたま |
Pronunciation: tokitama
How to Say It Outloud: toh-kee-tah-mah
Usage: Adverb used to describe something that happens from time to time, can be considered a more formal or less common variant of 時々.
Example Sentence Japanese:時たま昔の友達に会うことがあります。
時たま昔の友達に会うことがあります。Example Sentence English:I sometimes meet old friends.
I sometimes meet old friends.Dictionary
時々ときどきCommon wordjlpt-n5
Adverb (fukushi)Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- sometimes; occasionally; at times; from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at intervals
Noun
- seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
時折ときおりCommon wordjlpt-n1
Adverb (fukushi)- sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
時としてときとしてCommon word
Adverb (fukushi)- in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
往々にしておうおうにして
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Adverb (fukushi)
- sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
往々おうおう
Adverb (fukushi)- sometimes; often
寄り寄りよりより
Adverb (fukushi)- sometimes
間々ままjlpt-n1
Adverb (fukushi)- occasionally; now and then; sometimes
- Mama
時にときに
Conjunction- by the way; incidentally
- sometimes; occasionally; on occasion
- precisely (at that time); exactly; just (then); right (then)
どうかするとどうかすると
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Adverb (fukushi)
- sometimes; occasionally; once in a while
Adverb (fukushi)
- somehow (or other); in some way
Adverb (fukushi)
- being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
或はあるは
Adverb (fukushi)- some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
- or; either ... or
酒盗しゅとう
Noun- dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)
- Shuto
山陽地方さんようちほう
Noun- San'yō region; region of western Honshu incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures
- San'yō region
山陰地方さんいんちほう
Noun- San'in region; region of western Honshu incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures
- San'in region
黒い雨くろいあめ
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Noun
- black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
人参しりしりにんじんしりしり
Noun- Okinawan dish of grated carrot stir-fried with egg and sometimes meat or fish
三平汁さんぺいじる
Noun- soup made with salted or rice-bran-pickled fish, vegetables, and sometimes sake lees (Hokkaido local specialty dish)
或いはあるいはCommon wordjlpt-n3jlpt-n1
Conjunction- or; either ... or
- maybe; perhaps; possibly
- some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
弘法も筆の誤りこうぼうもふでのあやまり
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)- Homer sometimes nods; even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes
弘法にも筆の誤りこうぼうにもふでのあやまり
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)- Homer sometimes nods; even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes
冷やし飴ひやしあめ
Noun- chilled syrup; soft drink of malt syrup mixed with boiling water, ginger juice, grated ginger, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink, similar to ginger ale)
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