いつの間にか

いつのまにか

before one knows, unnoticed

Mnemonic

You did not see it get light and you were sitting there awake the whole time. It is two いつ, and then it is not, and you never saw the gap: いつのまにか.

Built from

間

interval, gap

門 gate + 日 sun

Words sharing these kanji

時間 time, hour 人間 human being, people 間 interval (of time, space, etc.)間 interval, duration of time, pause 瞬間 instant, moment 仲間 comrade, peer 間違う to be mistaken, to be incorrect 空間 space, room 間に合う to be in time, to answer the purpose, to be good enough 間違い mistake, error 間違える to mistake, to confuse 隙間 crack, gap

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