ごろ (goro)

Meaning & usage

ごろ indicates an approximate time, meaning roughly or about a certain hour. It attaches directly after a time expression such as a number of o'clock, often followed by the particle に when describing when something happens.

Example sentences 8

1. ７時じ３０分ぷんごろに電話でんわをください。

   Please call me at about 7:30.

2. 時は１０時ごろだった。

   It was about the tenth hour.

3. 何時ごろ出かけるの？

   What time are you leaving?

4. 十時ごろですか。

   Is it about ten o'clock?

5. 何時ごろ来たの？

   When did you come?

6. 夏の日の出は、５時１０分から５時半ごろです。

   In the summer, the sun tends to rise around 5:10 to 5:30.

7. ７時か８時ごろに戻ってきます。

   I'll come back at around 7 or 8 o'clock.

8. ここは５時ごろ、日が沈むんだ。

   The sun sets around five here.