around, about (a point in time)

Goro after a time word means approximately that time: shichiji goro is around seven. It applies only to points in time, not durations; for approximate amounts use gurai. The particle ni after goro is optional.

Examples

• 毎晩まいばん十一じゅういち時じごろ寝ねます。

  Maiban juuichiji goro nemasu.

  I go to bed around eleven every night.

• 七しち時じごろ家いえに帰かえります。

  Shichiji goro ie ni kaerimasu.

  I go home around seven.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 毎晩 every evening
• 時 time; when
• 寝る to sleep; to go to bed
• 七 seven
• 家 house; home
• 帰る to go home; to return

Related patterns · Time expressions

• 〜時〜分 telling time (o'clock and minutes)
• 〜時間 / 〜分（時間の長さ） for ... hours / minutes (duration)
• 〜まえに before doing; before (a noun)
• 〜あとで after doing; after (a noun)
• もう already; (with negative) no longer
• まだ still; (with negative) not yet