今 : Now

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Components:

人一

now

On 'yomi:

コン(kon) キン(kin)

Kun 'yomi:

いま(ima)

Nanori:

な(na)

Strokes:	4
Radical:	人 (9)
Usage Rating:	49

JLPT:	N5
old JLPT:	4
Grade:	2

Unicode:	04eca
jis208:	26-3

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今 Usage examples

今度限り(こんどかぎり)	for this once only
只今(しこん)	just now
今川焼き(いまがわやき) 今川焼(いまがわやき)	Japanese muffin containing bean jam, served hot
今すぐ(いますぐ) 今直ぐ(いますぐ)	at once, immediately, right now
今国会(こんこっかい)	current Diet session
古今独歩(ここんどっぽ)	unsurpassed in history
古今無双(ここんむそう)	unparalleled in history
昨日今日(きのうきょう)	(something that happened) only yesterday (just recently)
今日昨日(きょうきのう)	(something that happened) only yesterday (just recently)
今是昨非(こんぜさくひ)	complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time), What appeared wrong in the past now appears right
東西古今(とうざいここん)	all times and places, everywhen and everywhere
よりによって今日(よりによってきょう)	today of all days
今一歩(いまいっぽ)	close run, just falling short of success, the other
先週の今日(せんしゅうのきょう)	this day last week, a week ago today
来週の今日(らいしゅうのきょう)	this day next week, today week, a week from today
今週末(こんしゅうまつ)	this weekend
只今帰りました(ただいまかえりました) ただ今帰りました(ただいまかえりました)	Here I am
今のうち(いまのうち) 今の内(いまのうち)	without delay, at once
昨日の今日(きのうのきょう)	right on the heels of yesterday, then today ..., soon after something, and yet now ...
今を盛りと(いまをさかりと)	in full bloom at the moment
今を去ること(いまをさること)	dating back from now, ago
ちょうど今(ちょうどいま)	right now, just now
今後とも(こんごとも) 今後共(こんごとも)	from now on
今こそ(いまこそ)	now is the time
今昔物語集(こんじゃくものがたりしゅう)	Konjaku Monogatarishuu (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period)
今昔物語(こんじゃくものがたり)	Konjaku Monogatarishuu (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period)
今際の際(いまわのきわ) 今わの際(いまわのきわ)	verge of death, dying moments
今を生きる(いまをいきる)	to make the most of the present, to live for the moment, to seize the day