今度

Japanese

Kanji in this term
今	度
こん Grade: 2	ど Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kõ̞ndo̞]
• (Tokyo) こんど [kóꜜǹdò] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

今(こん)度(ど) • (kondo) 

1. now, this time

   Synonym: 今回 (konkai)

   • 2004 September 8, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)32(さんじゅうに)話(わ)　早(はや)坂(さか)姉(きょう)弟(だい)の世(せ)界(かい) [Chapter 32: The World of the Hayasaka Twins]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 4, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 124:

     あの時(とき)は蝶(ちょう)野(の)の時(とき)はダメだったけど…でも今(こん)度(ど)は…今(こん)度(ど)こそは！

     Ano toki wa Chōno no toki wa dame datta kedo… Demo kondo wa… kondo koso wa!

     That time, I could do nothing to stop Chōno… But this time… this time I can help!

2. recent, last

   Synonym: 最近 (saikin)

   • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 15, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:

     私(わたくし)は郷(きょう)里(り)の事(こと)について余(あま)り多(おお)くを語(かた)らなかったのです。ことに今(こん)度(ど)の事(じ)件(けん)については何(なに)もいわなかったのです。

     Watakushi wa kyōri no koto ni tsuite amari ōku o kataranakatta no desu. Koto ni kondo no jiken ni tsuite wa nani mo iwanakatta no desu.

     I did not talk very much about my hometown. In particular, I said nothing of the recent incident.

3. next time, again, another, this coming

   Synonym: 次回 (jikai)

References

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN