只今

Japanese

Alternative forms

• ただ今, ただいま

Adverb

只今 (hiragana ただいま, romaji tadaima)

1. presently, right away, right now, just now

Interjection

只今 (hiragana ただいま, romaji tadaima)

1. hello; here I am; I'm home (said by a person coming back home, a stock phrase required by the Japanese etiquette)

See also

• お帰りなさい, お帰り
• 行ってきます, いってきます
• いってらっしゃい

Mandarin

Noun

只今 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhǐjīn)

1. (literary) now