今度

こんど

next time

Mnemonic

今 this moment and 度 one turn of the wheel. Not this go round at all, but the very next one coming along after it. Con-doh: こんど.

Worth knowing

Written exactly like 今度 "this time". Whether it looks forward or at the thing in front of you decides which.

Built from

今

now

A lid drawn shut over a single stroke, this moment, closed off from the rest.

度

degree, occasion

广 shelter + 又 hand

Also read こんど

今度 this time

Words sharing these kanji

今 now 今日 today 今回 this time 今まで until now 今朝 this morning 今年 this year 今後 after this, in the future 今夜 tonight, this evening 今更 now (when it's too late), at this stage 一度 once 程度 degree, extent もう一度 once more

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