いつ
いつ
hepburn itsu
when
Part of speech · pronoun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- いつ行きますか。When are you going?
- いつでも大丈夫です。Anytime is fine.
Collocations
いつ (itsu, when)いつからいつまでいつも (itsumo, always)いつでも (itsudemo, anytime)
Mnemonic
Itsu (いつ) is "when" — B + no-cluster interrogative adverb. Family: itsumo always, itsudemo anytime, itsuka someday, itsumade until-when, itsukara from-when. Korean eonje and Chinese shenme shihou; Japans 5 systematic derivations.
Quick check
Itsudemo?