How to say occasionally in Japanese

JLPTN4
たまにtamani☆《偶に・適に》

adverb / suffix:

  • occasionally; once in a while

Example Sentences

今imaのno太陽taiyouのno活動katsudouはha低調teichouですdesuがga、それでもsoredemo時々tokidoki大きなookina黒点kokutenがga現れますarawaremasu。
The sun is currently in a period of low activity but even so large sunspots occasionally appear.
僕bokuはha時おりtokioriクラブKURABUでde彼kareにni出会いますdeaimasu。
I occasionally meet him at the club.
彼らkareraはha時々tokidoki私watashiをwo訪ねてtazunete来たkita。
They visited me occasionally.
彼kareはha時々tokidoki、私watashiをwo訪ねてtazuneteきてkiteくれたkureta。
He occasionally visited me.
試験管shikenkanをwo壊したりkowashitari、おもしろ半分にomoshirohanbunni化学製品kagakuseihinをwoあれこれarekoreいじってijitte遊んだasondaがga、時にはtokiniha、教師kyoushiのno指示shijiにniなんとかnantoka従ってshitagatte、ずっとzutto以前にizenni他のtano人々hitobitoがga試みたkokoromita実験jikkenをwo繰り返すkurikaesuことkotoもmoしたshita。
Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.

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