No. 3,757 in Japanese
たまに
Occasionally.
In a sentence
私はたまに映画館に行きます。
I occasionally go to the cinema.
The word 'たまに' is used to describe an infrequent action, meaning 'occasionally' in this sentence context.
彼はたまに手紙を書きます。
He occasionally writes letters.
Here, 'たまに' is used to indicate that the action of writing letters happens sometimes, not regularly.
この教室ではたまにゲームをします。
Sometimes, we play games in this classroom.
'たまに' in this sentence shows that games are played now and then in the classroom, highlighting irregular occurrence.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “たまに” in actual Japanese podcasts.
Find “たまに” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Japanese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 日本語, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Japanese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).