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潮時

Reading

Kana: しおどき
Romaji: shiodoki
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

tidal hour

2

the right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)

Kanji

Readings: チョウ、 しお、 うしお
Meanings: tide, salt water, opportunity
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour

Example Sentences

(かれ)潮時(しおどき)()発言(はつげん)した。
➥He seized an opportunity to speak.
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潮時(しおどき)というものがある」という表現(ひょうげん)(じつ)はシェイクスピアの「ジュリアス・シーザー」にある表現(ひょうげん)である。
➥"There is a tide" is, in fact, from a passage in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
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どんなものにも潮時(しおどき)がある。
➥There is a time for everything.
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(たと)えば、(ちち)仕事(しごと)では、()()いのタイミングは非常(ひじょう)大切(たいせつ)であり、(かれ)同僚(どうりょう)にこまごまとしたことを()わないで「潮時(しおどき)というものがある」と()ったり、()いたりすることが時々(ときどき)あった。
➥For instance, in my father's business the timing of sales and purchases was very important, and he would sometimes write or say to his colleagues "There is a tide," without going into detail.
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