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今度 (こんど, kondo) Japanese meaning: this time | Kotomora
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I can’t forgive it this time.
Usage patterns 今こん 度ど こそ 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 this time for sure (I'll do X)
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 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 ましょう let's do X sometime soon/next time
Let's go eat together sometime soon.
今こん 度ど の 〈 事こと 〉 this upcoming ~ (event, test, etc.)
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 ~
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 度 degrees, occurrence, time Related words· 6 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.
次回 is a more formal, definite 'next time/session', whereas 今度 in its future sense is vaguer and can mean anytime soon.
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.
Show 2 more 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.
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.
Don't confuse with 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.
今度 shares the kanji 度 with 何度 but means 'this time/next time,' not 'how many times.'
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 Usage 87%
Standard high-frequency kanji spelling for the temporal noun/adverb こんど.
こんど Usage 13%
Etymology 今 means 'now' and 度 means an occurrence or time; the spelling is conventionally associated with 'this occasion' or 'this time.'
