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

私は時々トーフグホテルの最上階のレストランでトーフグの記事を読みます。

Sometimes I read Tofugu articles in a restaurant on the top floor of the Tofugu hotel.

はま辺では、時々、そよ風がわたしのほほをやさしくなでていった。

At the beach, sometimes a pleasant breeze would gently caress my cheek.

トーフグって、時々お客さんともめるんだよね。あるトラブルが、死人を出すなぐり合いのけんかになったこともあるから、ほんと、気を付けた方がいいよ。

Tofugu gets into trouble with its customers at times. One time it even led to a fist fight that ended in a death, so you should be careful with them, really.

Kanji Composition