ついで – Vocabulary details

ついで

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. opportunity; occasion; chance

こちらに来くるついでだ。I'm coming this way anyway.

2. order; sequence

orig. meaning

3. successor

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while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

take the opportunity to (do something else)

take the opportunity to (do something else)

こちらに来くるついでだ。

I'm coming this way anyway.

名な前まえを聞きいてみたのはついでである。

Asking for the name was merely a side matter.

そこに行いくついでなら、文もん句くはありませんよね？

If you're going there anyway, you don't mind, right?

ひとりで出で向むくのは面めん倒どうでも、ついでなら行いくんじゃないのかな。

Even if it's a hassle to go out alone, wouldn't you go if it's on the way?

三さん週しゅう間かん前まえに出で会あったことも、ついでのように思おもい返かえした。

I also recalled the fact that we had met three weeks ago, as if it were a mere afterthought.

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