に
Time marker
About
The に particle can be used with time nouns to mark them as the "target" time for an event or action.
E.g. 5時に行きます。
"I'll go at 5."
Where 5 is the target time of the action 行く
に can only mark specific time nouns, such as a time on the clock, a day of the week, a season, or a holiday. に cannot mark ambiguous times, or those that can't be expressed numerically such as 今 ("now"), or 最近 ("recently").
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に can be used to mark the time an action takes place
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に can only be used in combination with specific times
Summary
Explained in
elementary #30
に Particle: Denoting A Point In Time
Example Sentences
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