VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

時

とき

hepburn toki

time, when, occasion

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

雨の時は傘が必要。
You need an umbrella when it rains.
いつでも来てください。
Come at any time.

Collocations

時 (toki, time / when)時間 (jikan, time)いつ (itsu, when)時々 (tokidoki, sometimes)〜とき (~toki, when clause)

Mnemonic

Toki (時) is "time / when / moment" — ji in on-yomi (jikan, ku-ji), toki in Yamato standalone. Senses: (1) abstract "when" (ame no toki, wakai toki); (2) historical unit (ikkoku, two hours); (3) ~toki subordinate clause (kodomo no toki). Split: ~toki (hiragana conversational), ~時 (kanji formal), ~時に (toki ni, emphasizing moment). Compounds: tokidoki, icchi vs ichi-ji, jouji, douji ni. Toki wa kane nari (Franklins time-is-money translation). Korean ttae, Chinese shi diverge. JLPT N5 toki integrates with ~toki subordinate grammar.

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Meaning of kodomo no toki?