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今まで (いままで) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

今いままで

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Common wordJLPTN1

Meanings

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adverb

until now; so far; up to now

Describes a state or action continuing from the past up to the present moment. Often used with past-tense verbs or present-perfect-like expressions.

今いままで一いち度ども海かい外がいに行いったことがない。
I have never been abroad until now.
今いままでありがとうございまし

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。

Thank you for everything up to now.

Written forms

今いままで
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and everyday writing.
今いま迄まで
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 迄 is a non-jōyō kanji and is usually written in kana.

Kanji

今now
迄until, up to, as far as

Similar words

これまで
Similar meaning, but これまで can also mean 'this far' in a spatial sense, while 今まで is strictly temporal.
今いまから
Means 'from now on', the opposite temporal direction.

Etymology

Compound of 今 (ima, 'now') + まで (made, 'until'). The kanji 迄 is an older form for まで, now rarely used.