いまのうち – Vocabulary details

いまのうち

Expression

1. now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

usu. ～に

今いまのうちに少すこしでも稼かせいでおかないと。I need to earn at least a little while I still can.

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まのうち

now; the present time; just now; another; more

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

いまのうちに少すこしでも稼かせいでおかないと。

I need to earn at least a little while I still can.

逃にげるなら、いまのうちだと思おもってしまったのだ。

I came to think that if I were to run away, now was the time.

あなたは、いまのうちに家いえに帰かえることですね。

You may as well go home now.

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