時じ宜ぎ

noun

right time; appropriate time; season's greetings

Formal noun for a timely moment or opportune occasion. Also used in fixed seasonal greeting phrases like 時宜を得た (timely) and 時宜にかなう (opportune). The 'season's greetings' gloss refers to its use in formal letters or speeches.

• 首しゅ相しょうは時じ宜ぎを得えた発はつ言げんをした。

  The prime minister made a timely remark.

• 年ねん賀が状じょうに「時じ宜ぎにかなったご挨あい拶さつ」と書かいた。

  I wrote 'seasonal greetings' on the New Year's card.