いつも

いつも · itsumo · JLPT N5 · adverb

always

itsu (when) + mo (even/any) = whenever at all, so: always

いつ means when, and も adds the sense of any or every. Any-when becomes always. The same pattern builds だれも (anyone/no one) and どこも (everywhere/nowhere), which is why いつも flips to never with a negative verb.

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