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いつ何時何時何時いつ何どき何時なんどきいつなん時
いつなんどき
1. [adv]
▶ at any time
▶ at any moment
2. [adv]
《more emphatic than いつ》
▶ when
▶ at what moment
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2844601 何時【なんどき】 1. when; at what moment



History:
3. A 2020-04-07 21:26:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2020-04-07 12:53:07  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, koj, meikyo
いつ何時	        47407
何時何時	        2373
いつ何どき	1853
何時なんどき	489
いつなん時	329
いつなんどき	11490
  Comments:
According to the kokugos, this is simply an emphatic "いつ". "At any time"/"at any moment" works for sentences like "いつなんどき彼が来るかもしれない" but not for sentences like "いつなんどき大地震が起こるかわからない", so I propose adding a second sense.
Not uk.
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>いつ何どき</keb>
+<keb>いつ何時</keb>
@@ -10,0 +11,3 @@
+<keb>いつ何どき</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -14 +17 @@
-<keb>いつ何時</keb>
+<keb>いつなん時</keb>
@@ -21 +23,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -24,0 +27,6 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<s_inf>more emphatic than いつ</s_inf>
+<gloss>when</gloss>
+<gloss>at what moment</gloss>
+</sense>
1. A 2018-02-19 13:26:08  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5
  Diff:
@@ -23 +23 @@
-<gloss>every moment</gloss>
+<gloss>at any moment</gloss>

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