只今

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Chinese

only; merely; just
only; merely; just; but
 
today; modern; present
today; modern; present; current; this; now
 
trad. (只今) 只 今
simp. #(只今) 只 今

Pronunciation

Noun

只今

  1. (literary) now

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (只今):
  • → Japanese: 只今(しこん) (shikon)
  • → Korean: 지금(只今) (jigeum)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
只 今
ただ
Jinmeiyō 		いま
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
ただ今
唯今

Etymology 1

Short for 只今帰(ただいまかえ)りました (tadaima kaerimashita).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Interjection

只(ただ)今(いま) • (tadaima) 

  1. hello; here I am; I'm home (said by a person coming back home, a stock phrase required by Japanese etiquette)
See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “只今”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ “只今”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Adverb

只(ただ)今(いま) • (tadaima) 

  1. presently, right away, right now, just now

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
只 今
し
Jinmeiyō 		こん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Conjunction

只(し)今(こん) • (shikon) 

  1. Just now, right now
    Synonyms: ちょうど今 (chōdoima), 現在 (genzai)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
只今

Noun

只今 • (jigeum) (hangeul 지금)

  1. hanja form? of 지금 (“now”)
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