also: たんび
Every time I meet him, he tells me a new story.
Every time I visit this town, I discover something new.
I feel like I'm growing little by little each time I fail.
Every time I move, my belongings increase.
回 is a neutral counter for occurrences or rounds, while 度 often carries a nuance of repetition or personal experience, as in 会う度に.
都度 is a more formal, written equivalent of 度, often seen in business contexts like その都度ご連絡します.
折 refers to a particular occasion or moment, while 度 focuses on the count or recurrence of an event.
毎度 is a fixed greeting phrase meaning 'every time' or 'as always', whereas 度 is the plain noun/counter for an occasion.
度 read as たび means 'time/occasion' in expressions like 会う度に, while 度 read as ど is the formal counter for degrees or for counting occurrences in numerical contexts like 三度.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading たび.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the counter or suffix use is clear from context.
Rare colloquial variant; mostly heard in casual speech or dialectal contexts.
The kanji 度 originally means 'degree' or 'measure', and its use as a counter for times is a natural extension. The reading たび is native Japanese, while the on'yomi ど is used in compounds like 一度 (いちど). The variant たんび is a colloquial contraction, possibly influenced by dialectal speech.