Always (colloquial) in Japanese 🇯🇵

いつも info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word 'いつも':
– Think of "itsu" as "it’s" and "mo" as "more", so "it's more" often: always.
– Visualize a clock ticking in a never-ending loop, matched with "itsu mo", indicating something that happens all the time.

Explanations:
– 'いつも' (itsumo) is an adverb used in Japanese to mean "always" or "all the time".
– It can be used in both positive and negative contexts, describing habitual actions or states.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 常に (つねに, tsune ni): constantly, always.
– 絶えず (たえず, taezu): incessantly, perpetually.

Alternate meanings:
– As a slang, it implies a sense of constancy or habitual action, but doesn't have specific alternate slang meanings.

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 彼はいつも遅刻します。
Kare wa itsumo chikoku shimasu.
He is always late.

2. 私はいつもコーヒーを飲みます。
Watashi wa itsumo kōhī o nomimasu.
I always drink coffee.

3. 教授はいつも親切です。
Kyōju wa itsumo shinsetsu desu.
The professor is always kind.

4. 彼女はいつも元気です。
Kanojo wa itsumo genki desu.
She is always energetic.

5. いつもありがとう。
Itsumo arigatō.
Thank you always.

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