いつのまにか
N2 itsunomanika
- before one knows
- unnoticed
- unawares
adverb
Also written 何時の間にか
Chinese meanings
不知不觉;不知何时
Examples
- いつの間にかボブは外へ出ていた。Bob went out before I knew it.不知什么时候,鲍勃出去了。
- いつのまにか夏も過ぎてしまった。Summer has gone all too soon.不知不觉夏天也过去了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8c9eb6e298'); // いつのまにか
{
"id": "8c9eb6e298",
"word": "いつのまにか",
"reading": "いつのまにか",
"romaji": "itsunomanika",
"meanings": [
"before one knows",
"unnoticed",
"unawares"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1188850,
"other_forms": [
"何時の間にか"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "いつの間にかボブは外へ出ていた。",
"en": "Bob went out before I knew it.",
"tatoeba_id": 228807
},
{
"ja": "いつのまにか夏も過ぎてしまった。",
"furigana": "いつのまにか{夏|なつ}も{過|す}ぎてしまった。",
"en": "Summer has gone all too soon.",
"tatoeba_id": 228806
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "6bd966711955de0992b3fdc2bf75680aa8bacd1d6ddd411f36c9eb07dc9f3d71",
"meanings": [
"不知不觉",
"不知何时"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "いつの間にかボブは外へ出ていた。",
"zh": "不知什么时候,鲍勃出去了。"
},
{
"ja": "いつのまにか夏も過ぎてしまった。",
"zh": "不知不觉夏天也过去了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/8c9eb6e298",
"JMdict ent_seq 1188850; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "0f66cdf1c9fea829a0108dc3e018b211182dce2cc725d2991ff8ffae5fd8784e"
}
}