時々

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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

時(とき)々(どき) • (tokidoki) 

  1. sometimes, at times, occasionally
    私(わたし)は時(とき)々(どき)テニスをします。
    Watashi wa tokidoki tenisu o shimasu.
    I sometimes play tennis.

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

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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