頃 (ころ) — around (time), about

頃ころ around (time)

Frequency #235 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. 1 character adverb noun

koro

ころ

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. ころ[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

around (time)
about

Explained in simple Japanese

ぴったりではない、だいたいの時間(じかん)をあらわすことば。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

ころ頃 time

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日(ひ)頃(ごろ) higoro normally この頃(ごろ) konogoro these days 今(いま)頃(ごろ) imagoro about this time 近(ちか)頃(ごろ) chikagoro recently 年(とし)頃(ごろ) toshigoro age 手(て)頃(ごろ) tegoro reasonable その頃(ころ) sonokoro around that time いつ頃(ごろ) itsugoro about when

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Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 頃 (12)

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