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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

いつのまにか

N2
itsunomanika
  1. before one knows
  2. unnoticed
  3. 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。
  • いつのまにか夏なつも過すぎてしまった。
    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"
  }
}