These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.
待ち合わせの時刻ギリギリにやってきた
まちあわせのじこくぎりぎりにやってきたHe arrived just barely in time for the meeting time.
最も苦痛な時刻は、実に、自分の家の食事の時間でした
もっともくつうなじこくは、じつに、じぶんのいえのしょくじのじかんでしたThe most painful time was actually my home's meal time.