• 今いま — now
• 今日きょう — today
• 今週こんしゅう — this week
• 今回こんかい — this time
• 今月こんげつ — this month
• 今後こんご — from now on

The character 今 originally represented a mouth and something above it, symbolizing something being spoken or announced. It came to mean “now” — the moment something is being expressed or happening.

今いま、出でかけます。
I’m heading out now.

今週こんしゅうは 忙いそがしいです。
This week is busy.

🎧 Practice the native Japanese pronunciation of 今.