Now

"Now" in Japanese

いざ

iza

((word to introduce a point))

さて

sate

((word to introduce a point))

じゃ

((word to introduce a point))

では

dewa

((word to introduce a point))

ima

(at the present time)

今や

imaya

(differently from another time)

現在

genzai

(at the present time)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.