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今般

こんぱん

N1this occasion · the present

Examples

今般の制度変更について書面でお知らせします。

今般、新しい事務所へ移転することになりました。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 今般 (こんぱん) is a formal time expression for the present occasion, often used in notices.
  • Basic usage: 今般の制度変更 modifies the current change; sentence-initial 今般、 frames an announcement about an office move.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Attributive 今般の and sentence adverb
    • Use before a noun, but place the bare form at the start when it frames the announcement as a whole.

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