時じ機き

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

Refers to a favorable or appropriate moment to do something. Often used in formal or written contexts, similar to 好機 but more neutral in tone.

時じ機きを待まつto wait for the right moment
彼かれは行こう動どうを起おこす時じ機きを待まっていた。
He was waiting for the right moment to take action.
時じ機きを逃のがすto miss the opportune moment
交こう渉しょうのチャンスがあったのに、時じ機きを逃のがしてしまった。
There was a chance to negotiate, but we missed the opportune moment.
時じ機きが来くるfor the right moment to arrive
計けい画かくを発はっ表ぴょうする時じ機きが来きた。
The right time to announce the plan has come.
時じ機きを見みるto watch for the right moment
上じょう司しは時じ機きを見みて部ぶ下かに指し示じを出だした。
The boss watched for the right moment and gave instructions to his subordinates.
時じ機きをうかがうto watch closely for an opportune moment
敵てきは攻こう撃げきの時じ機きをうかがっていた。
The enemy was watching closely for the right moment to attack.

好こう機き
好機 stresses an excellent, golden opportunity, while 時機 more neutrally means the appropriate or right moment.
機き会かいN4
機会 is the everyday, general word for 'opportunity/occasion', while 時機 specifically emphasizes the correct timing for action.
チャンスN4
チャンス is a casual loanword for 'chance', while 時機 is formal and typically appears in written Japanese.
タイミングN2
タイミング is a casual loanword focusing on timing itself, whereas 時機 is a formal term for the strategically right moment.

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時じ刻こくN3
時機 means the right timing or opportunity and is the natural choice for 'chance' in modern Japanese, whereas 時刻 in that sense feels literary or old-fashioned.
潮しお時どき
時機 refers generally to the proper time or season for an action, while 潮時 specifically carries the tide-like nuance of a fleeting moment, often used when deciding to stop or move on.

時じ期きN3
時期 (same reading じき) means a general period or season of time, while 時機 specifically means the opportune moment to act.

Compound of 時 (time) and 機 (opportunity/machine). The combination naturally yields the meaning 'right time' or 'opportunity'.