ときたま
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
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| 時たま 時偶 |
Pronunciation
Adverb
ときたま • (tokitama)
- once in a while; every now and then; from time to time
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 16, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
- お嬢さんの学校友達がときたま遊びに来る事はありましたが、極めて小さな声で、いるのだかいないのだか分らないような話をして帰ってしまうのが常でした。
- O-jō-san no gakkō tomodachi ga tokitama asobi ni kuru koto wa arimashita ga, kiwamete chīsa na koe de, iru no da ka inai no da ka wakaranai yō na hanashi o shite kaette shimau no ga tsune deshita.
- O-jō-san's school friends would come over from time to time, but they would always speak so quietly that one could hardly tell whether they were there or not.
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN