今(こん)〜

今(こん)〜 is a prefix used with time words to mean 'this' or 'current.'

Compounds

• 今日(こんにち) (today - formal; nowadays)
• 今週(こんしゅう) (this week)
• 今月(こんげつ) (this month)
• 今年(ことし) (this year - irregular reading)
• 今度(こんど) (this time; next time)
• 今回(こんかい) (this time)
• 今後(こんご) (from now on)
• 今夜(こんや) (tonight)
• 今朝(けさ) (this morning - irregular reading)

Pronunciation

Some compounds have irregular readings:

• 今年(ことし) (not こんねん)
• 今朝(けさ) (not こんちょう)
• 今日(きょう) (the everyday word for "today") vs 今日(こんにち) (literary, "these days"; also the source of こんにちは)

Similar words

先(せん)〜 (last; previous) for past time periods