N1835/3019

ときおり

obsolete readingadverb

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Meanings

sometimes, at intervals, occasionally, on occasion, from time to time

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Example sentences

時折ときおりむかし友人ゆうじんのことをおもす。

From time to time, I think of old friends.

彼女かのじょ時折ときおりまどそとをじっとつめていた。

She would occasionally stare out the window.

時折ときおりこえてくるとりこえが、静寂せいじゃくやぶった。

The occasional birdsong broke the silence.

なが会議かいぎなかで、時折ときおりわらいがこった。

During the long meeting, laughter occasionally broke out.

かれ多忙たぼう日々ひびおくりながらも、時折ときおり故郷ふるさと山々やまやまなつかしむことがあった。

Even while living his busy days, he would on occasion feel nostalgic for the mountains of his hometown.