頃ころ

ころ koro

time
about
toward
approximately (time)

nounadverbnoun suffix

Chinese meanings

时候；大约（时间）

Examples

Furigana

おひる頃ころやっと太たい陽ようが顔かおを出だした。
The sun at last broke through at about noon.
太阳到中午左右才终于露面。
Tatoeba #227560
金かねがなくなる頃ころにはもうひと月つきある。
When the money runs out, there'll still be one month left.
到钱用完时还有一个月。
Tatoeba #179773

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('7fa019fe1b'); // 頃

{
  "id": "7fa019fe1b",
  "word": "頃",
  "reading": "ころ",
  "romaji": "koro",
  "meanings": [
    "time",
    "about",
    "toward",
    "approximately (time)"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adv",
    "n-suf"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1579080,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "おひる頃やっと太陽が顔を出した。",
      "furigana": "おひる{頃|ころ}やっと{太陽|たいよう}が{顔|かお}を{出|だ}した。",
      "en": "The sun at last broke through at about noon.",
      "tatoeba_id": 227560
    },
    {
      "ja": "金がなくなる頃にはもうひと月ある。",
      "furigana": "{金|かね}がなくなる{頃|ころ}にはもうひと{月|つき}ある。",
      "en": "When the money runs out, there'll still be one month left.",
      "tatoeba_id": 179773
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "1935382fc0e07fd28e23cb3d091b890d5f40a82a00a2c9111ff7f2dacf3e6875",
    "meanings": [
      "时候",
      "大约（时间）"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "おひる頃やっと太陽が顔を出した。",
        "zh": "太阳到中午左右才终于露面。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "金がなくなる頃にはもうひと月ある。",
        "zh": "到钱用完时还有一个月。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/7fa019fe1b",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1579080; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "15a967e2a9ef65c58fa0fd0e3ca18916312e076beba80939101035811ffb8a77"
  }
}