たまに
たまに · tamani · JLPT N4 · adverb
occasionally
tama ni = rare + ly: 偶 (tama, rare chance) plus the adverb particle に
たま (偶) means a rare or chance occurrence, and に turns it into an adverb, just like -ly in English. So たまに is literally rare-ly: something that happens only once in a while. Sound hook: tamani, like too many? No, the opposite, only occasionally.