Illustration: In the entryway of a Japanese apartment, a person has just returned from rain and is balanced on one foot, halfway out of a wet shoe. The front door is still swinging shut behind them, and drops are still falling from the folded umbrella onto the tiled floor.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

たった今いま

tattaima

just now, a moment ago

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらはたった今いまついた。

    They have just arrived.

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  2. たった今いま明あかりが消きえた。

    The lights went out just now.

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  3. たった今いま雨あめが降ふり始はじめた。

    It began raining just now.

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Kanji in 今

  • 今nowOnコン・キンKunいま

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