度（ど）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: degree / time (occurrence)
Example sentences
- すみません、もう一度言ってください。 — Excuse me, could you say that once more?
- 今度、一緒に食事に行こう。 — Let's go get a meal together sometime.
Idioms & proverbs containing “度”
- 仏の顔も三度 (ほとけのかおもさんど) — even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed)
- 三度目の正直 (さんどめのしょうじき) — third time lucky; third time's the charm
- 人生一度きり (じんせいいちどきり) — you only live once; you only have one life
- 人生は一度きり (じんせいはいちどきり) — you only live once
- 男は度胸女は愛敬 (おとこはどきょうおんなはあいきょう) — men should be brave, women should be affable
- 若い時は二度ない (わかいときはにどない) — you are only young once; youth doesn't come twice; gather ye rosebuds while ye may
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