いつか

いつか · itsuka · JLPT N3 · noun

sometime

📅 いつ (when?) + か (some-) = some-when, i.e. sometime

いつ asks when. Adding か makes a question word vague: なに (what) becomes なにか (something), and だれ (who) becomes だれか (someone). So いつか is some-when: one day, at a time not yet set. Sound hook: itsuka, it's a car I'll buy one day.

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