Word · 単語
今更
Reading いまさら
now (when it is already much too late)
- 1 now (when it is already much too late), at this stage
- 2 afresh, anew, again
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
いまさら遅いよ。
It's too late now.
今更悔やんでも後の祭りだ。
It is too late to repent.
今更後悔しても無駄だ。
It's no use regretting it now.
今さら騒いでもどうにもならないよ。後の祭りだよ。
Yelling about it won't help now. You should have done that when it counted.
いまさら焦っても焼け石に水じゃないの。
No matter how much you hurry your effort is just a drop in the bucket.