Meaning

Primary

Sometimes

Alternative

At Times

Word Type

adverb, noun, の adjective

Explanation

You know the single word , right? It means time. This is that twice. So you have one time, and you have another time. They are separate. Things don't happen in every of these times you have. They happen sometimes.

Reading

ときどき
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the vocab word twice, with the second one getting rendaku'd.

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 時々会う

    to meet sometimes

    時々聞く

    to hear sometimes

    時々する

    to do sometimes

Context Sentences

そこのコンビニは時々行きます。

I go to the convenience store from time to time.

時々「コウイチは今何してるかな?」って思うんだよね。

Sometimes I wonder what Koichi is doing at the moment.

ご近所とのトラブルは時々ありました。

Sometimes there were problems with my neighbors.

Kanji Composition