只今

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “只今”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  3. “只今”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →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
Kanji in this term
只 今
し
Jinmeiyō		 こん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology 3

(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)

Korean

只今 • (jigeum) (hangeul 지금)

  1. Hanja form? of 지금 (“now”).
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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