ころ
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
Suffix
Usually written in kana
1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward
ごろ when used as a suffix
Come to think of it, it's about time for the results to come out.
2. suitable time (or condition)
I waited for the right moment and went into the room.
3. time of year; season
Let's meet again when the cherry blossoms are in bloom.
Pitch accent
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Top 1600
Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
(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
Examples (42 in total)
I used to run at high school.
Not since back when I was still green.
I wasn't counting properly at first, you know.
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.
They were school children then.
I waited for the moment when things had somewhat settled down and then asked.
When I was a student, I lived in a cheap apartment.
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.
By the time we arrive at the neighboring town, it will have improved considerably.
I've had this dog since he was a puppy.
When I was in primary school, I dreamt of becoming a pilot.
It's about time the opposing school arrives, so I'm going to go greet them!
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.
Back when I was up to no good, I was thin as a bamboo stalk.
By the time you got there, the sun had set.
After walking a full three ri, I'm about due to get hungry.
No, even when my parents were still alive, I had actually wondered about it several times.
By the time you land at Narita, it will be dark.
In her elementary school days, Mary dreamed of becoming a teacher.
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.
When the sky began to turn orange, we returned to the villa.
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.
By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.
A long time ago when Pluto was still a planet, there was a boy named Tom.