たり
Meanings
Particle
1. -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going") (as …たり…たり, after the -masu stem of verbs)
2. doing such things as ... (used adverbially)
3. expresses a command (as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the -masu stem of a repeated verb)
Other readings
Examples6
何人も
No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
真夜中
A midnight telephone call gives us both shock and displeasure.
私
I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.
場合による
Depending on the case; sometimes it is so, sometimes not.
お互い
Don't you get on each other's nerves?
なぜ
I wonder why it is that some plants become annuals and others perennials?