今に

Japanese

Kanji in this term
今
いま
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

今(いま) (ima, “now”) + に (ni)

Pronunciation

Adverb

今(いま)に • (ima ni) 

  1. before long; soon enough
    今(いま)に分(わ)かるだろう。 ― Ima ni wakaru darō. ― You'll find out soon enough.
  2. (chiefly in the negative) even now
    今(いま)に忘(わす)れられない。 ― Ima ni wasurerarenai. ― I can't forget it even now.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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