Kanji

Level: N5 Strokes: 4

今

Meaning in English

now, maintenant, ahora

Readings

Onyomi: コン, キン Kunyomi: いま Romaji: kon, kin / ima

Stroke order

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今

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese agora, maintenant, ahora

Spanish ahora, maintenant, ahora

Korean 지금, 유지 보수, 아로라

French maintenant, maintenant, ahora

Italian ora, mantenitore, ora

German jetzt, Mieter, ahora

Indonesian sekarang, petugas pemeliharaan, sekarang

★ Vietnamese bây giờ, maintenant, ahora

Thai now, maintenant, ahora

Related kanji

N2 介 kai jammed in, shellfish, mediate N1 仁 jin, ni, nin humanity, virtue, benevolence N2 仏 butsu, futsu / hotoke Buddha, the dead, France N4 以 i / motsu.te by means of, because, in view of N4 代 dai, tai / ka.waru, kawa.ru, kawa.ri, ka.wari, -gawa.ri, -ga.wari, ka.eru, yo, shiro substitute, change, convert N3 付 fu / tsu.keru, -tsu.keru, -zu.keru, tsu.ke, tsu.ke-, -tsu.ke, -zu.ke, -zuke, tsu.ku, -zu.ku, tsu.ki, -tsu.ki, -tsuki, -zu.ki, -zuki adhere, attach, refer to N3 他 ta / hoka other, another, the others N2 令 rei orders, laws, command N4 仕 shi, ji / tsuka.eru attend, doing, official

Words with this kanji

N1 今更 imasara now, again N2 今～ kon～ this, current N3 今に ima ni soon, before long, sooner or later N3 今にも ima ni mo at any moment, about to happen N3 今回 konkai this time, this occasion N3 今後 kongo from now on, hereafter N4 今夜 konya tonight, this evening N4 今度 kondo this time, next time, soon N5 今年 kotoshi this year

Sentences with this kanji

N3 今まで使っていた方法より新しい方法のほうが分かりやすいと思う Ima made tsukatte ita houhou yori atarashii houhou no hou ga wakariyasui to omou I think the new method is easier to understand than the old one N5 今、日本語を勉強しています。 Ima nihongo o benkyou shite imasu. I am studying Japanese now. N5 今、学校に行っています。 Ima gakkou ni itte imasu. I am going to school now. N4 今、友達と話しています。 Ima tomodachi to hanashite imasu. I am talking with a friend now. N5 今、本を読んでいます。 Ima hon o yonde imasu. I am reading a book now. N5 今、音楽を聞いています。 Ima ongaku o kiite imasu. I am listening to music now. N5 今、水を飲んでいます。 Ima mizu o nonde imasu. I am drinking water now. N5 今日は暑いです。 Kyou wa atsui desu. Today is hot. N5 今日は寒いです。 Kyou wa samui desu. Today is cold.