時（とき）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: time / o'clock
Example sentences
- 困った時は、いつでも相談してください。 — Feel free to come talk to me whenever you're in trouble.
- 子供の時、この町に住んでいた。 — I lived in this town when I was a child.
Idioms & proverbs containing “時”
- 時は金なり (ときはかねなり) — time is money
- 黄金時代 (おうごんじだい) — golden age
- 時期尚早 (じきしょうそう) — premature
- 時代錯誤 (じだいさくご) — anachronism
- 茶腹も一時 (ちゃばらもいっとき) — anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time
- 勝負は時の運 (しょうぶはときのうん) — victory depends on the turn of fortune; winning and losing are both down to luck
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “時” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)