By the way, who are you with 今更

Vocabulary Explanation: After all this time with 今更

During class, Makoto hears her cat meowing over the school’s intercom. After retrieving her cat, Makoto is confronted by another student. The student, also a witch, verbally reprimands Makoto over the ordeal. A few minutes into their conversation, Makoto asks the girl a question.

真琴(まこと):: 「あの～今更(いまさら)なんですがお名前(なまえ)は…」; “Um... It's a bit late for this, but what's your name?”; Literal: “Um... this is now, after all this, but your name is...?”

Key Points

1今更なんですが means it is late to ask, but…

Makoto realizes she should have asked the other girl’s name earlier.
今更 carries the feeling of “after all this time” or “at this point”.

2お名前は… leaves the request unfinished

The omitted ending is something like 何ですか.

Vocabulary

名前 (Name)

名前(なまえ) means name. Historically it referred to what stands before a person as an identifying label.

今更 (Now, after all this time)

今更(いまさら) is a phrase that means “it would have been better if it had happened sooner, but now it’s too late” or “to do something now, after all this time”. It is often used to imply that it is “too late” to do anything about a situation.

By the way, who are you with 今更

Key Points

Vocabulary

名前 (Name)

今更 (Now, after all this time)

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