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+# Time - close
+
+## ところ
+
+Means "just about to". Used when describing what we're about to do. Can also mean "just after something happened".
+Used by combining to a verb.
+
+> [!info] Example
+> 今ご{飯|はん}を作る==ところ==です。
+> I'm about to make dinner.
+
+## かと思ったら (NEW!)
+
+かと{思|おも}ったら means "just when".
+Can also be used as かと思うと and かと思えば.
+Used with a verb in the past (た) form.
+
+> [!info] Examples
+> スーパーに{行|い}った==かと思ったら==、{雪|ゆき}が{降|ふ}り{出|だ}した。
+> Just as I went to the supermarket, it started snowing.
+
+## か~ないかのうちに (NEW!)
+
+<div class="usage">
+<div class="">
+	<p><span class="box">V (る)</span></p>
+</div>
+	<p class="r">+ か +</p>
+<div class="">
+	<p><span class="box">V (ない)</span></p>
+</div>
+	<p class="r">+ か + のちに</p>
+</div>
+
+か~ないかのうちに means "right after", "as soon as". It is formal.
+
+> [!info] Examples
+> {彼|かれ}は{電車|でんしゃ}が{駅|えき}に{着|つ}く==か=={着|つ}かない==かのうちに=={走|はし}り{始|はじ}めた。
+> He started running as soon as the train arrived at the station.
+
+## 次第 (NEW!)
+
+{次第|しだい} means "as soon as". Made by removing the ます stem of a verb.
+
+> [!info] Examples
+> {食|たべ}べ==次第==、オフィスに行ってください。
+> As soon as you've eaten, please go to the office.
+
+With に at the end, it means "gradually".
+
+> [!info] Examples
+> {彼|かれ}は==次第に=={上手|じょうず}になってきた。
+> He's gradually gotten better.
+
+## 直ちに (NEW!)
+
+{直|ただ}ちに means "immediately", "at once". 
+
+> [!info] Examples
+> ==直ちに=={出|で}かけなきゃ！
+> I need to get going right now!
+
+## ところに (NEW!)
+
+Means "at the time", "when", "while", "just as". Used with verbs in the ている form.
+Focuses on the scene or situation rather than the action.
+
+> [!info] Examples
+> ばかばかしいことをしていた==ところに==、{先輩|せんぱい}{入|はい}りました。
+> While I was doing something stupid, my senior came in.
+
+## 一気に (NEW!)
+
+{一気|いっき}に means "at once", "all at once" and "instantly", "right away".
+
+> [!info] Examples
+> ==一気に=={全部|ぜんぶ}{食|た}べちゃった。
+> I ate it all in one go.
+> 
+> {彼|かれ}を{叱|しか}った{後|あと}で、==一気に=={止|や}めました。
+> After scolding him, he stopped right away.