Vocab Info

A3 Expression

今(いま)ほどrecently, a moment before

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Expression

      1. 1.

        as (much as) it is now, as much as the present

        usu. with negative sentence

      2. 2.

        just now, a moment ago

    All Forms

    今ほど 【いまほど】、今程 【いまほど】

    Details

      • い

      • ま

      • ほ

      • ど

    Examples

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    • 店員(てんいん)：「その商品(しょうひん)は今(いま)ほど売(う)り切(き)れました…。」

      Clerk: "That product just sold out recently..."

    • 警察(けいさつ)：「今(いま)ほど逃走(とうそう)していた犯人(はんにん)を捕(つか)まえました！」

      Police: "We just caught the suspect who was on the run a moment before!"

    • 息子(むすこ)を見失(みうしな)ったのは今(いま)ほどだから、まだ近(ちか)くにいるはずだ。

      I lost sight of my son just a moment before, so he should still be nearby.

    • 今(いま)ほど夫(おっと)の裏切(うらぎ)りを確信(かくしん)した彼女(かのじょ)には何(なに)を語(かた)りかけたって無駄(むだ)である。

      It is pointless to try to talk to her now that she is convinced of her husband's betrayal recently.

    • 狙(ねら)っていた商品(しょうひん)が今(いま)ほど売(う)り切(き)れたと聞(き)き、もっと早(はや)く来(く)れば…と思(おも)っています。

      I heard that the item I was aiming for sold out recently, and I'm thinking I should have come sooner...

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