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時として (tokitoshite) Japanese meaning: sometimes | Kotomora
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Sometimes things don't go according to plan.
He can be very stubborn on occasion.
Related words 時には is the everyday equivalent of 時として, which sounds more formal and is common in writing or news.
たまに stresses rarity ('once in a while'), while 時として simply notes that an exceptional case can occur without emphasizing how rare it is.
時に is a shorter, slightly literary variant close in meaning to 時として, both meaning 'at times' in formal writing.
Etymology Compound of 時 (とき, 'time') + として ('as'), literally 'as a time'. The adverbial use developed from the idea of 'taking a certain time/case'.
