Word Meaning 丁度

ちょうど choudo

丁度 is read as ちょうど (choudo) and means just (like).

Meaning

English

  1. just (like)
  2. as if
  3. as though
  4. exactly
  5. precisely
  6. just
  7. right
  8. opportunely

Reading

Kana

ちょうど

Romaji

choudo

Writing Variants

  • 恰度 ちょうど choudo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 12275 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

丁度可知差異

ちょうどかちさい

just-noticeable difference

沃度丁幾

よーどちんき

tincture of iodine

丁寧

ていねい

polite

丁目

ちょうめ

district of a town

丁重

ていちょう

polite

ちょう

counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars

丁々発止

ちょうちょうはっし

with (the sound of) clashing swords

丁字形定規

ていじけいじょうぎ

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

丁字定規

ていじじょうぎ

T square

丁重語

ていちょうご

courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party)

丁定規

ていじょうぎ

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

丁年

ていねん

adulthood (i.e. age 20 in Japan)

Example Sentences

10

このまちはちょうどよいおおきさです。

This town has the perfect size.

ちょうどよんにんぶんのりょうりをつくりました。

I made food for exactly 4 people.

ちょうどよいたいみんぐでとうちゃくした。

I arrived at the perfect timing.

Do these gloves fit you?

It's just the right size.

We just signed up.

It could be just right for a warm up.

We were just eating lunch.

I've just been to my uncle's house.

We were just talking about you when you called.