いつ

いつ · itsu · JLPT N5 · noun

when

Sounds like: it's... when? Itsu asks what time something happens

Itsu sounds like the English it's, the start of the question it's when?. Not to be confused with itsumo (always), which is itsu + mo: when + ever = always. Written 何時 in kanji: what + time.

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