時とき

noun

time; hour; moment

General word for time, a point in time, or a period. The kanji 刻 can specify a time of day, and 秋 can specify an important time, but these are rare/literary.

• 時ときが経たつのは早はやい。

  Time passes quickly.

• 出しゅっ発ぱつの時ときが来きた。

  The time for departure has come.

noun, adverb

occasion; case; when

Only when written 時

Used in subordinate clauses or as a noun meaning 'occasion' or 'case'. Often appears as ～時 (とき) meaning 'when ~'.

• 困こまった時ときはお互たがい様さまだ。

  In times of trouble, we help each other.

• 地じ震しんの時ときは机つくえの下したに入はいってください。

  In case of an earthquake, please get under a desk.

noun

chance; opportunity; season

Only when written 時

Refers to a favorable or appropriate time to do something; also used for seasons or periods characterized by something.

• 今いまがチャンスの時ときだ。

  Now is the time of opportunity.

• 若わかい時ときの苦く労ろうは買かってでもせよ。

  Hardships in youth are worth seeking out.

noun

the times; the age; the day

Only when written 時

Refers to a historical period or the current era. Often used in expressions like あの時 (that time) or 今の時 (these days).

• あの時ときはまだ若わかかった。

  I was still young in those days.

• 今いまの時とき、そんな考かんがえは古ふるい。

  These days, that way of thinking is outdated.

noun

tense

Only when written 時

Grammar term for verb tense. Restricted to the kanji 時.

• 日本にほん語ごの動どう詞しの時じ制せいには過か去こと非ひ過か去こがある。

  Japanese verb tenses include past and non-past.