Word Meaning その頃

そのころ sonokoro

その頃 is read as そのころ (sonokoro) and means at that time.

Meaning

English

  1. at that time
  2. in those days
  3. at that moment
  4. then

Reading

Kana

そのころ

Romaji

sonokoro

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 2級 Rank 151304 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

頃

ころ

suitable time (or condition)

何時頃

いつごろ

about when

若い頃

わかいころ

one's youth

年頃

としごろ

appropriate age (to ...)

先頃

さきごろ

recently

近頃

ちかごろ

lately

この頃

このごろ

these days

今日この頃

きょうこのごろ

these days

子供の頃

こどものころ

(time of) one's childhood

今頃

いまごろ

about this time

小さい頃

ちいさいころ

as a child

Example Sentences

10

そのころ、かれはまだがくせいだった。

At that time, he was still a student.

Tom was a high school student at that time.

At that time, I was still a student.

At that time, we were quite rich.

I was very poor in those days.

Long skirts were in fashion in those days.

There was no TV or radio in those days.

I usually got up at five in those days.

In those days, few people went to college.

During that time, we only heard about thieves, about murders, about men who had died of hunger.