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いつの間まにか

adverb

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いつのまにか

Meanings

before one knows, before one becomes aware of, unnoticed, unawares

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Example sentences

気きづいたら、いつの間まにか空そらが暗くらくなっていた。

Before I knew it, the sky had grown dark.

子供こどもたちはいつの間まにか大人おとなになってしまった。

Before I knew it, the children had grown up.

話はなしているうちに、いつの間まにか深夜しんやになっていた。

While we were talking, it had become the middle of the night before we realized it.

いつの間まにか財布さいふがなくなっていることに気きがついた。

I noticed that my wallet had disappeared without me knowing when.

長年ながねん連つれ添そった夫婦ふうふは、いつの間まにか互たがいに似にてくるものだと言いわれている。

It is said that couples who have been together for many years come to resemble each other without even noticing.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)