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► 名詞
  [(1)とき]    meaning:  situation  rank: 1
☆ こういう時はどうすればいいのだろう? ⇨ What should I do in a situation like this?

  [(2)とき]  [liter]    meaning:  time  rank: 1
☆ 時は1600 ⇨ In the year 1600  (☛ A common phrase used in history dramas)
☆ ては時と場合による ⇨ Everything depends on time and circumstances  (☛ Note the stress is on き when unmodified)
☆ 時がてを解決する ⇨ Time will solve everything  (☛ Note the stress is on き when unmodified)
☆ 時はなり ⇨ Time is money  (☛ Note the stress is on き when unmodified)
☆ その時ははそうはわなかった ⇨ At that time I didn’t think so  (☛ Note the stress is on と when modified)
☆ はそういう言っている時ではない ⇨ This is not the time to say those things  (☛ Note the stress is on と when modified)

  [(1)とき]  [その時その時]    meaning:  time  rank: 1
☆ はその時その時言う違う ⇨ He says different things every time
☆ 状況わるから、その時その時対応するしかない ⇨ The situations will change, so we have to deal with them each time accordingly

  [(1)とき]    meaning:  when  rank: 1
☆ 有った時はらせてさい ⇨ Let me know when something happens
☆ 困った時はいつもおさんに相談する ⇨ When I don’t know what to do, I always ask my dad for advice

► 接尾辞
  [じ]  [liter]    meaning:  when  rank: 2
☆ エンジンの始動時に異音がする ⇨ There is abnormal noise when the engine starts
☆ 施設利用時の注意事項 ⇨ The do’s and don’ts while using this facility
☆ 緊急時の連絡先 ⇨ The contacts for the time of emergency
☆ 非常時のえ ⇨ Preparation for the time of emergency


More examples:
  • 患者発症から24時間で死亡した ⇨ The patient died within 24 hours from the onset of the symptoms
  • は何時までもせにらしました。めでたしめでたし ⇨ The two lived happily ever after
  • こんな時に宴会くとはけしからん ⇨ It is not acceptable to have a party in a time like this
  • 時間がいので主旨のみを説明します ⇨ We don’t have much time so I just explain the main ideas, gist of it
  • 準備出来るまでとか時間稼ぎしよう ⇨ We need to buy some time somehow until we are ready
  • らしいという観念は時代とわっている ⇨ The idea of being feminine, ideal woman, has been changing with the times
  • した出来ませんが、何時でもおします ⇨ I will help you any time, although I don’t have the capacity to do much
  • 時間はどのくらいかかりますか? ⇨ How long will it take?
  • 試合今夜八時にまる ⇨ The game starts at 8 tonight
  • 飛行機に不時着した ⇨ The plane did an emergency landing on the sea
  • 子供の時不仲の両親板挟みになった ⇨ When I was a child I got caught in the middle of fighting parents
  • そのえが社会浸透するには時間がかった ⇨ It took some time for the idea to permeate through the society
  • はその時半ばめていた ⇨ I was half giving up at that time
  • 何時までも文句言うな! ⇨ Don’t complain on and on!
  • 人々は一時の感情簡単される ⇨ People get easily carried away by momentary emotions