今更いまさら (imasara)

now, at this late hour

  • JLPT N1
  • adverb
  • Pitch 0
  • #6584 most frequent

Meaning

今更 (いまさら, imasara) is a JLPT N1 adverb meaning “now, at this late hour”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

今更いまさら 後悔こうかいしても、もう おそいよ。

It's too late to regret it now.

後のあとのまつりだよ。

Yelling about it won't help now. You should have done that when it counted.

いまさら おそいよ。

It's too late now.

今更いまさらどうしようもない ことだ。

It's too late to do anything about that now.