今度
こんど
hepburn kondo
this time, next time
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 今度の週末、映画を見に行きませんか。Would you like to go see a movie this weekend?
- 今度の試験は難しかった。This time's exam was difficult.
Collocations
今度 (kondo, this time / next time)今回 (konkai, this time)次回 (jikai, next time)今度こそ (kondo koso, this time for sure)今度の (kondo no, upcoming)
Mnemonic
Kondo (今度) is the noun "this time / next time" — a famously ambiguous polyseme. "Kondo no shiken" (this exam, recent past or upcoming) covers both. English "this time" vs "next time" both map to kondo. Disambiguating cousins: konkai (今回, this time — recent past, formal), jikai (次回, next time — future, formal). Kondo is conversational; konkai / jikai are precise / formal. Kondo koso (this time for sure) is emphatic — kondo koso seikou suru (this time I will succeed). The casual farewell "mata kondo" (see you again next time) is among the most common goodbye lines among friends.
Quick check
Formal term for "this meeting" in minutes?