いままで

ima made

up until now

いままでの経験を活かしてください。

Please use your experience up until now.

formal

Up until now; until this point in time.

いままでの努力が実を結びました。

All your efforts up until now have borne fruit.

Often used to summarize past actions or experiences leading up to the present moment.

Collocations

up until now

by now

This phrase is often used to introduce a summary or reflection on past events or actions.

While 'いままで' is neutral, 'これまで' is slightly more formal and common in writing.

Combination of 'いま' (now) and 'まで' (until), forming a temporal phrase.

Commonly used in both formal and informal contexts to refer to the period leading up to the present.

いま

now

root

まで

until

root

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