今に
N3いまに imani
- before long
- even now
adverb
Chinese meanings
不久;过不了多久;总有一天
Examples
- 今にバチがあたるぞ。You'll get it someday.你迟早会遭报应的。
- 彼は今にひとかどの人物になるよ。I'm sure he's going to be somebody someday.他将来会成为一个了不起的人物。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('207f712b62'); // 今に
{
"id": "207f712b62",
"word": "今に",
"reading": "いまに",
"romaji": "imani",
"meanings": [
"before long",
"even now"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1288940,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "今にバチがあたるぞ。",
"furigana": "{今|いま}にバチがあたるぞ。",
"en": "You'll get it someday.",
"tatoeba_id": 172765
},
{
"ja": "彼は今にひとかどの人物になるよ。",
"en": "I'm sure he's going to be somebody someday.",
"tatoeba_id": 107191
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "91bb182fe11e843cbe9d54aae999fc70c29b54a54bd9d29ab9598350d20311a0",
"meanings": [
"不久",
"过不了多久",
"总有一天"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "今にバチがあたるぞ。",
"zh": "你迟早会遭报应的。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は今にひとかどの人物になるよ。",
"zh": "他将来会成为一个了不起的人物。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/207f712b62",
"JMdict ent_seq 1288940; 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": "0939f749b9322e3b8e63bcee373e7b7d336f508661544db2a5713feefdb62a38"
}
}