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今

いま

now

Mnemonic

One moment with a lid pulled over it, sealed off from every other moment there has ever been. Emma いま wants you at the table, and she means this one: いま.

Worth knowing

The everyday now. 現在 げんざい is the formal one, for temperatures, records and announcements.

Built from

now
A lid drawn shut over a single stroke, this moment, closed off from the rest.

Words sharing these kanji

today next time this time until now this time this morning this year after this, in the future tonight, this evening now (when it's too late), at this stage

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