Meaning of 今時 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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今時, 今どき
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Kana Readingいまどき
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Romajiimadoki
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
- Meaning
- present day; today; recently; these days; nowadays; at this hour
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Example Sentences
今時, 今どき, いまどき used in context
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良家出身のエリート検事と今どきの女子高生という、アンバランスな男女の間に繰り広げられる愛の物語。
A love story that unfolds between an unlikely pair, a public prosecutor from a good family and a modern high school girl.
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髪のカット料、１、０００だったんだよ。今時珍しいですよね。無免許だったりして。
My haircut only cost 1,000 yen. That's pretty rare these days. He probably didn't have a license.
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Don't forget that good jobs are very hard to come by these days.
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今時、年功序列だなんて言っても、若い奴の反発を食うだけですよ。
If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you'll get is flak from younger employees.
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Don't forget that good jobs are very hard to come by these days.
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A child today would not do that.
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