丁度

ちょうど

Exactly, just, right

N5adverb·choudo

How to remember it

丁 (precise) + 度 (degree) = precisely to the right degree.

Example sentences

  • 今ちょうど三時です。

    いまちょうどさんじです。

    It is exactly three o'clock now.

  • この靴はちょうどいい大きさです。

    このくつはちょうどいいおおきさです。

    These shoes are just the right size.

Usage

Often with いい (ちょうどいい) = "just right"; also "exactly/as it happens".

Related words

ちょうだい丁寧ぴったりきっちり

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