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Chinese
Japanese
Etymology
Reduplication (with rendaku) of 時 (toki, “time”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
時々 • (tokidoki)
- sometimes, at times, occasionally
- 私は時々テニスをします。
- Watashi wa tokidoki tenisu o shimasu.
- I sometimes play tennis.
Antonyms
- 余り (amari): (with negative verbs) not very often; not much
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.