時々

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Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 時時 (“often; constantly; always”).
(This term is a variant form of 時時).

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
とき
Grade: 2
とき > どき
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
時時

Etymology[edit]

Reduplication (with rendaku) of (toki, time).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

(とき)(どき) (tokidoki

  1. sometimes, at times, occasionally
    (わたし)(とき)(どき)テニスします
    Watashi wa tokidoki tenisu o shimasu.
    I sometimes play tennis.

Antonyms[edit]

  • (あま) (amari): (with negative verbs) not very often; not much

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.