今こん度ど

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

1

Refers to the present occasion or the current turn, often contrasting with a previous time or a different person’s turn.

今こん度どは私わたしが払

はら

い

ます

。

This time I’ll pay.

今こん度どばかりは許ゆるせない。

I can’t forgive it this time.

2

noun, adverb

next time; another time; soon

Points to a future occasion, ranging from a definite upcoming time to an indefinite 'sometime soon' or 'another time.' Context decides how specific it is.

今こん度ど、ゆっくり話はなしましょう。
Let’s talk properly another time.
今こん度どの週しゅう末まつに引ひっ越こします。
I’m moving this coming weekend.

3

noun, adverb

recently; lately; the other day

Can also look backward to a recent event, especially with past-tense or completed actions. This use overlaps with 'this recent occasion' rather than a general 'these days.'

今こん度ど、近きん所じょにできたカフェに行いってみた。
I tried going to the café that recently opened nearby.
今こん度ど入にゅう社しゃしました山やま田だです。よろしくお願ねがいします。
I’m Yamada, and I’ve recently joined the company. Nice to meet you.

Usage patterns

今こん度どこそ〈動どう詞し〉this time for sure (I'll do X)
今こん度どこそ試し験けんに合ごう格かくするぞ。
This time for sure I'm going to pass the exam.
今こん度どは〈人ひと〉の番ばんだnow it's ~'s turn
今こん度どは君きみの番ばんだよ。
Now it's your turn.
今こん度ど〈動どう詞し〉ましょうlet's do X sometime soon/next time
今こん度ど一いっ緒しょに食しょく事じに行いきましょう。
Let's go eat together sometime soon.
今こん度どの〈事こと〉this upcoming ~ (event, test, etc.)
今こん度どの試し験けんは難むずかしそうだ。
The upcoming exam seems like it'll be hard.
今こん度ど〈場ば所しょ〉に行いったときthe other day when I went to ~
今こん度ど京きょう都とに行いったとき、いいお店みせを見みつけたよ。
The other day when I went to Kyoto, I found a great shop.

Expressions

また今こん度どanother time; some other time

Kanji

今now
度degrees, occurrence, time

Related words· 6

今こん回かいN3sense 1
今回 explicitly means 'this time/occasion' and rarely shifts to a future sense, while 今度 can mean this time, next time, or recently depending on context.
次じ回かいN3sense 2
次回 is a more formal, definite 'next time/session', whereas 今度 in its future sense is vaguer and can mean anytime soon.
先せん日じつN3sense 3
先日 only points to a recent past event, while 今度 can point to the recent past, the present occasion, or the future.
今こん後ごN3sense 2
今後 means 'from now on' and covers an ongoing stretch of future time, while 今度 in its future sense usually points to one specific upcoming occasion.

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この度たびN1
今度 can mean either 'this time' or 'next time' depending on context, while この度 unambiguously points to the present occasion and sounds more formal.
次つぎN5
今度 usually means 'this time' or 'next time' in casual talk about upcoming events, whereas 次 simply marks the next item or step in an ordered sequence.

Opposites

この前まえ
今度 means 'this time' or 'next time', the forward-looking opposite of この前's 'last time'.

Don't confuse with

今こん後ごN3
今度 means 'this time' or 'next time' referring to a specific occasion, whereas 今後 means 'from now on' referring to an ongoing future period.
何なん度どN1
今度 shares the kanji 度 with 何度 but means 'this time/next time,' not 'how many times.'
この間あいだN4
今度 refers to an upcoming or future occasion, while この間 refers to something that already happened recently.

Written forms

今こん度どUsage87%
Standard high-frequency kanji spelling for the temporal noun/adverb こんど.
こんどUsage13%

Etymology

今 means 'now' and 度 means an occurrence or time; the spelling is conventionally associated with 'this occasion' or 'this time.'