今いまにして

expression

only now; now at last; now that it's come to this

Fixed expression meaning that something is happening or being realized only now, often with a sense of belatedness or after a long time. Frequently used in the pattern 今にして思えば (now that I think about it).

• 今いまにして思おもえば、あの時ときが人じん生せいの転てん機きだった。

  Now that I think about it, that moment was a turning point in my life.

• 彼かれは今いまにしてようやく自じ分ぶんの間ま違ちがいに気きづいた。

  Only now has he finally realized his mistake.