지금
jigeum · TOPIK 1
now
⏰ 只今 = only + now: just this present moment
From hanja 只 (ji, only) + 今 (geum, now). The same 今 appears in 금요일-unrelated words like 금방 (just now) and 방금 (a moment ago), so geum reliably signals the present.
jigeum · TOPIK 1
now
⏰ 只今 = only + now: just this present moment
From hanja 只 (ji, only) + 今 (geum, now). The same 今 appears in 금요일-unrelated words like 금방 (just now) and 방금 (a moment ago), so geum reliably signals the present.