度
たび
time, occasion; each time (in 〜度に)
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Examples
彼は東京へ来る度に私を訪ねてきた。
かれはとうきょうへくるたびにわたしをたずねてきた。
He came to see me every time he visited Tokyo.
この写真を見る度に母を思い出す。
このしゃしんをみるたびにははをおもいだす。
Every time I look at this photo I think of my mother.
度重なる遅刻に先生は怒った。
たびかさなるちこくにせんせいはおこった。
The teacher got angry at the repeated lateness.
Common patterns
- 〜する度に
- every time one does ~
- その度に
- each time, on every such occasion
- 度々
- again and again, frequently
Memory tip
Same kanji, two lives: read たび it means "occasion", above all in the pattern plain-form + 度に = "every time"; read ど it is degrees of temperature and counts like 三度. 度々 (たびたび) means repeatedly.
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