English Dictionary

when

IPA（発音記号）

/ʍɛn/

副詞

疑問詞 比較不可 関係詞 定義・説明用表現 くだけた表現

(interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

日本語の意味

「いつ？」― 時刻や時間、あるいは時期を尋ねる疑問詞 / 「どの時に／どの時点で？」― 特定の状況や機会を問う表現

She asked him when the train would arrive, but he didn't know.

彼女は列車が何時到着するか彼に尋ねたが、彼は知らなかった。

意味（1）

(interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

When will they arrive?

意味（2）

At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.

He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.

意味（3）

(relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.

意味（4）

(fused relative) The time at, on or during which.

I recall when they were called the Greys.

意味（5）

(informal, in definitions or explanations) A circumstance or situation in which.

Love is when you can't get enough of someone.