頃 – Vocabulary details

頃ころ

Meanings

Adverb

Noun

Suffix

Usually written in kana

1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward

ごろ when used as a suffix

そう言いえばそろそろ結けっ果かが出でる頃ころだ。Come to think of it, it's about time for the results to come out.

2. suitable time (or condition)

頃ころを見み計はからって部へ屋やに入はいった。I waited for the right moment and went into the room.

3. time of year; season

桜さくらの咲さく頃ころにまた会あおう。Let's meet again when the cherry blossoms are in bloom.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

頃

around that time

Pitch accent

こ

ろ

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Used in vocabulary (24 in total)

子こ供どもの頃ころ

(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child

その頃ころ

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

あの頃ころ

in those days

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Examples (102 in total)

ちっちゃい頃ころから使つかっている。

I have been using it since I was little.

梅つ雨ゆの頃ころは雨あめが多おおい。

It rains a lot during the rainy season.

はあ、0歳ゼロさいの頃ころに戻もどりたい。

Ah, I want to go back to being zero years old.