時々
ときどき · tokidoki · JLPT N5 · adverb
sometimes
⏰ 時々 = time + time (々 repeats 時): time and time again → sometimes
時 (toki) means time, and 々 is the repeat mark, so the word is literally time-time. The second toki softens to doki when doubled (rendaku), giving tokidoki. Things that happen from time to time happen sometimes.