at precisely that time; just then; right at that moment
A somewhat literary or formal expression used to emphasize that something happened exactly at a particular moment, often in narrative or descriptive contexts.
It was just then, at the height of spring, and the cherry blossoms were in full bloom.
At precisely that time, in an age of war, the people endured great hardship.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the most common written form.
Rare spelling using the ateji 恰 for あたか; mostly found in older or literary texts.
A compound of 時 (time) and あたかも (just then/exactly). The reading あたかも is of uncertain origin, possibly from a mimetic or emphatic root. The kanji 恰 is an ateji.