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”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ときどき [tòkídókí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) とき​どき [tòkíꜜdòkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [to̞kʲido̞kʲi]

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

• よく (yoku): frequently; often
• 全(ぜん)然(ぜん) (zenzen): (with negative verbs) not at all; completely never

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.