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JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

時ときには

tokiniha

sometimes, occasionally

Example sentences

  1. 時ときにはうまくいかないこともある。

    Once in a while everything goes wrong.

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  2. 時ときには人生じんせいが辛つらくて難むずかしい。

    Sometimes, life is difficult and painful.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしたちは時ときには過あやまちを犯おかすものだ。

    We are bound to make mistakes from time to time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 時

  • 時time; hourOnジKunとき

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