I have been chatting online and both terms seem to mean the same thing. Thank you.
asked Mar 19, 2017 at 12:16
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時々 means sometimes while たまに means rarely. たまに should not be confused with たまたま which means by coincidence (even if rarely たまたま can be used to say sometimes/rarely)
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rarely ってどっちかっていうともう少し頻度の低い「めったに～ない」とかじゃないですかね・・「たまに」はrarely よりもう少し頻度の高い occasionally とかonce in a whileじゃないですかね・・「たまに～する」「ときどき～する」ってほとんど同じような・・– chocolate ♦Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 14:13
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@Shoko To me めったに～ない is more hardly ever than rarely. I would say that ときどき～する is more frequent than たまに～する. But as you said once in a while may be a better gloss than rarely for たまに～する.– 永劫回帰Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 15:06