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時には, ときには

  • tokiniha

Definition

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), adverb (fukushi)

  • at times
  • occasionally

Examples of 時には,ときには in a Sentence

ときには試合は一日中続きました。
Sometimes the game lasted all day.
他の文化では、ボールには土、穀物、細々とした植物が、またときには金属片さえもがいっぱいに詰め込まれていたのです。
In other cultures, the balls were filled with earth, grain, bits and pieces of plants, and sometimes even pieces of metal.
ミミズも時には土壌に有益です。
Worms are sometimes beneficial to soil.
君は時には子供の世話をしなければならない。
You should look after the children from time to time.
父は時には子供じみたことをいったり、します。
My father can be terribly childish, but he means well.
そういうわけで、言葉は時には大きな影響を私達に及ぼす。
That is why words sometimes have great power over us.
少年時代を思い出すのも時には楽しいものだ。
Sometimes it is pleasant to look back on one's childhood.
時には船長は船と運命を共にするものだ。
A captain sometimes goes to Davy Jones's locker with his ship.
時には読書が彼の時間の半分を占めた。
Sometimes reading took up half his time.
人の立場になって考えることも時には必要だよ。
It's good to put yourself in someone else's place now and then.

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