You use this word to say that something happens sometimes. It does not happen all the time.
時々Primary
You use this word to say that something happens sometimes. It does not happen all the time.
私は時々、朝ご飯にパンを食べます。
I sometimes eat bread for breakfast.
時々、学生時代の友達と会いました。
I sometimes met up with my friends from my student days.
彼は時々、約束を守らないことがある。
He sometimes doesn't keep his promises.
時々、サーバーのメンテナンスが必要です。
Sometimes, server maintenance is necessary.
最近、時々ゲームをするようになった。
Recently, I've started to play games sometimes.
Imagine a clock ticking. '時々' is like the tick-tock sound. It means something happens, then stops, then happens again, like a gentle rhythm.
時々 (tokidoki) means 'sometimes'. It is more often than たまに (tamani - rarely). It is less often than よく (yoku - often). You use it with positive sentences. You do not use it with negative sentences like あまり (amari - not often) or 全然 (zenzen - not at all).
Use this when you want to say something happens sometimes. Put it at the start to show it's about the whole sentence. Put it before a verb to show it's about that action.
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