ころ
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
Suffix
Usually written in kana
1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward
ごろ when used as a suffix
2. suitable time (or condition)
3. time of year; season
Pitch accent
Top 1900
Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
as a child; when one was a child
Examples (31 in total)
I used to run at high school.
Bob was shy when he was a high school student.
Back then, I only ate junk food.
She was then more beautiful than she is now.
I miss the high school days we spent together.
When he was a boy, his home environment was good.
He was very naughty when he was a little boy.
Tom became anorexic when he was a high school student.
At that time, my mother was younger than I am now.
I was only a little child then.
My mother is said to have been beautiful when she was a girl.
He works harder than I did at his age.
I've had this dog since he was a puppy.
When I was in primary school, I dreamt of becoming a pilot.
I will have read the novels through by that time.
Everybody called me Tony in those days.
At that time, Mexico was not yet independent of Spain.
By the time you get back, I'll be gone.
I often wrote to her when I was a student.
By the time you got there, the sun had set.
In her elementary school days, Mary dreamed of becoming a teacher.
By the time you land at Narita, it will be dark.
When I get home, someone will be cleaning the garage.
Her son died of cancer when still a boy.
Since I plan to have quit my job by that time, maybe I could go!
My parents had already eaten by the time I got home.
At first, the boy didn't pay much attention to my advice.
I used to play tennis when I was a young student.
She would often go to the theater when she was in London.
A long time ago when Pluto was still a planet, there was a boy named Tom.
By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.