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(uncountable) The present time. / (often with the) The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.

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now

Source Word

now

IPA(Pronunciation)

/naʊ/

Noun

uncountable usually often with-definite-article countable in phenomenology

Japanese Meaning

現在の時刻や現時点 / 未来や過去にとらわれず、今この瞬間に集中している状態

We must focus on the now rather than worrying about the future.

私たちは未来を心配するよりも今に集中しなければならない。

Sense（1）

(uncountable) The present time.

Now is the right time.

Sense（2）

(often with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.

She is living in the now.

Sense（3）

(countable, chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.

nows

（ plural ）