Illustration: In a neighborhood noodle shop, a young head cook confidently lifts a heavy stockpot while two assistants await her direction. Beside the service hatch hangs an old photograph showing her as a small child on a stool, awkwardly gripping a ladle beside the same older cook.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

今いまや

imaya

now, by now

Often contrasts the present with the past. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. そのやり方かたは今いまや時代遅じだいおくれだ。

    The method is behind the times now.

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  2. しかし今いまや事態じたいは大おおきく変かわった。

    But now things have changed tremendously.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 長髪ちょうはつは今いまや流行遅りゅうこうおくれだ。

    Long hair is out of fashion now.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 今

  • 今nowOnコン・キンKunいま

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