ころ – Vocabulary details

ころ

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.

こ

ろ

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

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

as a child; when one was a child

高こう校こうのころは走はしったものです。

I used to run at high school.

まだ青あおかったころ以い来らいだな。

Not since back when I was still green.

最さい初しょのころはちゃんと数かぞえてなかったからなあ。

I wasn't counting properly at first, you know.

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