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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

時とき折おり

tokiori

occasionally

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは時ときおり学校がっこうで彼かれに会あう。

    I meet him at school now and then.

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  2. 時折ときおり私わたしは悲かなしくなる。

    At times I feel sad.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 太陽たいようは時折ときおり顔かおを見みせた。

    The sun sometimes shone.

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Kanji in 時折

  • 時time; hourOnジKunとき
  • 折fold; breakOnセツ・シャクKunおる・おり・おり

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