Usages of tokei
この 時計 は 古い です が、 まだ 動きます。kono tokei ha hurui desu ga, mada ugokimasu.
This clock is old, but it still moves.
私 は 時計 を 見ます。watasi ha tokei wo mimasu.
I look at the clock.
約束 に 遅れない ように、 時計 を 確認 します。yakusoku ni okurenai youni, tokei wo kakunin simasu.
I check the clock so that I won’t be late for the appointment.
私 は 昨日 時計 を 直しました。watasi ha kinou tokei wo naosimasita.
I repaired the clock yesterday.
壁ぎわ に は 大きな 本棚 が 置いて あって、 上 に は 時計 も かけて あります。kabegiwa ni ha ookina hondana ga oite atte, ue ni ha tokei mo kakete arimasu.
Along the wall, there is a big bookshelf, and a clock is also hung on top of it.
私 の 時計 は まだ 直って いません。watasi no tokei ha mada naotte imasen.
My clock has not been fixed yet.
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