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今頃

いまごろ

about now; at this time (too late)

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Examples

  1. 今頃謝っても遅い。

    いまごろあやまってもおそい。

    It's too late to apologize now.

  2. 彼は今頃もう着いているだろう。

    かれはいまごろもうついているだろう。

    He has probably arrived by about now.

  3. 去年の今頃は北海道にいた。

    きょねんのいまごろはほっかいどうにいた。

    Around this time last year I was in Hokkaido.

  4. 今頃になって言われても困る。

    いまごろになっていわれてもこまる。

    It's no help being told at this late stage.

Common patterns

今頃になって
at this late hour; only now
去年の今頃
around this time last year
今頃～ているだろう
must be doing ~ right about now

Memory tip

Two uses: a neutral guess about what is happening right now elsewhere (今頃着いているだろう), and a reproach that something comes too late (今頃になって). In the second sense it is close to 今さら, which is always reproachful.

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