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Grammar detail: 今や（いまや）

今や（いまや） - now (in contrast to the past)

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いま

今

や

+

sentence

is similar to

いま

今

(now, these days), but emphasizes the contrast between the current situation and the past.

が

は、

しかったのに、

や

しょうがくせい

になった。
When I was young mobile phones were very rare, but these days even primary school students have them.

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Kanji used in this grammar

今

コンキンいま now

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私

シわたくしわたし I, myself

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子

シスこ child

頃

ころ time

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携

ケイたずさえる to carry in one's hands たずさわる to engage in

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帯

タイ belt おび sash おびる to wear, to carry

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電

デン electricity

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話

ワはなす to talk はなし talking

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珍

チンめずらしい rare, unusual

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小

ショウこ- お- ちいさい small

学

ガクまなぶ to learn

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生

セイショウ life なま raw いかす to enliven いきる to live いける to arrange flowers うまれる to be born うむ to give birth to き pure, undiluted おう to grow, to sprout はえる to grow, to sprout はやす to grow, cultivate

持

ジもつ to hold, to have

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時

ジとき time, occasion

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代

タイダイかえる to replace, to exchange かわる to be exchanged よ the world しろ substitute

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