"いまわ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ima̠β̞a̠] Forms: imawa [romanization], imafa [romanization], いまは [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Shortened from 今は限り (ima wa kagiri, literally “now is the last moment”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=いまは}} いまわ • (imawa) ^(←いまは (imafa)?)
  1. dying moment, one's last moment Synonyms: 最期 (saigo) (ruby: (さい), ()), 死に際 (shinigiwa) (ruby: (), (ぎわ)), 臨終 (rinjū) (ruby: 臨終(りんじゅう)), 末期 (matsugo) (ruby: (まつ), ()) Derived forms: 今際の際 (imawa no kiwa) (ruby: (いま), (), (きわ))
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  "etymology_text": "Shortened from 今は限り (ima wa kagiri, literally “now is the last moment”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "imawa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imafa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いまは",
      "roman": "imafa",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "いまは"
      },
      "expansion": "いまわ • (imawa) ^(←いまは (imafa)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "imawa no kiwa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "際",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "際",
              "きわ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "今際の際"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dying moment, one's last moment"
      ],
      "id": "en-いまわ-ja-noun-rFlht57f",
      "links": [
        [
          "dying",
          "dying"
        ],
        [
          "moment",
          "moment"
        ],
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "saigo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "最",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "期",
              "ご"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "最期"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shinigiwa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "際",
              "ぎわ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "死に際"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rinjū",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "臨終",
              "りんじゅう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "臨終"
        },
        {
          "roman": "matsugo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "末",
              "まつ"
            ],
            [
              "期",
              "ご"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "末期"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "いまわ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ima̠β̞a̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "いまわ"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "imawa no kiwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "今",
          "いま"
        ],
        [
          "際",
          "わ"
        ],
        [
          "際",
          "きわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "今際の際"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened from 今は限り (ima wa kagiri, literally “now is the last moment”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "imawa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imafa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いまは",
      "roman": "imafa",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "いまは"
      },
      "expansion": "いまわ • (imawa) ^(←いまは (imafa)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with わ",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dying moment, one's last moment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dying",
          "dying"
        ],
        [
          "moment",
          "moment"
        ],
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "いまわ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ima̠β̞a̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "saigo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "最",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "最期"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shinigiwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "死",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "際",
          "ぎわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "死に際"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rinjū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "臨終",
          "りんじゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "臨終"
    },
    {
      "roman": "matsugo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "末",
          "まつ"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "末期"
    }
  ],
  "word": "いまわ"
}

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