いつの間に

Japanese

Kanji in this term
間
ま
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いつのまに [ìtsú nó má ní] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [it͡sɨ no̞ ma̠ ɲ̟i]

Conjunction

いつの間(ま)に • (itsu no ma ni) 

  1. when, at what point
    え？彼(かれ)氏(し)？いつの間(ま)に？
    E? Kareshi? Itsu no ma ni?
    Huh? A boyfriend? Since when?

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.