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今の今まで (いまのいままで) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

今いまの今いままで

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Meanings

1

until just now; up to this very moment

Emphatic expression meaning 'until right now', stronger than 今まで. Often used when something has just changed or been realized.

今いまの今いままで気きづかなかった。
I didn't notice until just now.

今いまの今いままで寝ねていた。

I was asleep until just now.

Kanji

今now

Related words

今いままで
今まで means 'until now' in a general sense, while 今の今まで emphasizes that something continued or was true right up to the present moment, often with a nuance of surprise or recent change.

Built from

今いま+今いままで

Etymology

Reduplicative emphatic phrase from 今 (now) + の (possessive particle) + 今 (now) + まで (until). The repetition intensifies the meaning of 'until this very moment'.