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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:
  • 当時多くの米国人日本攻撃してくることはよもやあるまいとえていた ⇨ Most Americans then believed it was highly unlikely that Japan would attack them
  • 即時の避難命令た ⇨ An immediate evacuation order has been issued
  • もうこの計画には見切りをける時だ ⇨ It is time to abandon this project
  • 高校生の時から怪物ばれてきた ⇨ He has been called a freak of nature since high school days
  • 子供でも時々本当たらしい言う ⇨ Every child sometimes says something that makes you really angry
  • 刑務所就寝時刻は午後十時だ ⇨ The bedtime at the penitentiary is at 10PM
  • そろそろフィルター交換する時期だ ⇨ It is about time to replace the filter
  • 時間が足りない ⇨ There’s not enough time
  • い時は我慢せず飲んだほうがい ⇨ When it hurts it is better to take the medication instead of toughing it out
  • そろそろ夕食をこしらえる時間だ ⇨ It is about time to prepare dinner
  • 彼女は時間を潰すために喫茶店行った ⇨ She went to a coffee shop to kill time
  • お店何時までいていますか? ⇨ Until what time does your store stay open? When does it close?
  • 何時間もかけて品定めした ⇨ I spent hours evaluating (multiple) clothes
  • 同性愛などと未だ言っている時代錯誤人達 ⇨ The anachronistic people who are still saying homesexuality is a sin
  • とは子供の時から友達だ ⇨ He and I have been friends since childhood