Illustration: In a contemporary Japanese living room, a father and daughter examine a large old photograph of the father as a small boy playing beside the same garden veranda. The pictured boy holds a distinctive wooden spinning top and has a gap where a front tooth should be.

JLPT N3expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

そのころ

sono koro

at that time, in those days

Example sentences

そのころ彼かれはいつも飲のんでばかりいた。
He was always drinking in those days.
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そのころ、彼かれは学生がくせいだった。
In those days, he was a student.
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そのころ、ラジオはなかった。
In those days, there were no radios.
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