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そろそろ
もど
じかん
時間

It's about time we went back.
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Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
1. slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word; this meaning is restricted to reading そろそろ, ソロソロ)
2. soon; momentarily; before long; any time now  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to turn back (e.g. half-way)
2. to return; to go back
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0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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Kanji
レイ   もど to return   もど to send back   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コ   と door   
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corpse
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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モン   かど gate   
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