タイミング

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

timing

Refers to the choice of the right moment for an action, or the temporal coordination of events. Used in everyday conversation.

タイミングを合あわせるto synchronize the timing (of two things)
二人ふたりはタイミングを合あわせてジャンプした。
The two of them jumped in sync, timing it together.
タイミングを逃のがすto miss the right moment (to do something)
告こく白はくするタイミングを逃のがしてしまった。
I missed my chance to confess my feelings.
タイミングが悪わるいthe timing is bad
タイミングが悪わるくて、彼かれに会あえなかった。
The timing was bad, so I couldn't meet him.
〈事こと〉するタイミングthe right moment to do something
話はなしかけるタイミングが分わからない。
I don't know the right moment to speak to him.
タイミングを見みるto watch for the right moment
タイミングを見みて発はつ言げんした。
I watched for the right moment and spoke up.

機き会かいN4
機会 is a chance or opportunity to do something, while タイミング focuses on the exact right moment for an action.
時じ期きN3
時期 refers to a broader period or season, whereas タイミング points to a precise, well-coordinated moment.
瞬しゅん間かんN3
瞬間 is simply an instant in time, while タイミング adds the idea of that instant being suitable or well-coordinated.
時じ宜ぎ
タイミング is a casual, everyday word for timing or a good moment, while 時宜 is a formal, often written term for an appropriate occasion.

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潮しお時どき
タイミング is a general loanword for timing in any context, while 潮時 specifically implies a critical or ideal moment with a sense of inevitability.
時じ機きN1
タイミング is a casual loanword focusing on timing itself, whereas 時機 is a formal term for the strategically right moment.

タイムN1
タイム means a duration or recorded time, while タイミング means the right moment or timing of an action; learners often mix the two loanwords up.

Loanword from English 'timing', adopted into Japanese with the same meaning.