It's too late to compliment my outfit with 今更
Vocabulary Explanation: After all this time with 今更
Ayumu heavily compliments Urushi on her looks wearing a sweater that’s a little too big. He quietly congratulates himself, and when Urushi questions him on it, Ayumu explains that he’s regretted his inability to find the words to compliment her outfit during their New Year’s shrine visit.
- 歩:
- 「今なら初詣の時のもうまく言えます。どうですか」
- “I can properly say it now for the New Year's shrine visit. How about it?”
- うるし:
- 「い いいよ。 今さら…！！」
- “It's okay. It's too late!”
Urushi uses 今更 to expresses her feeling that Ayumu’s compliment would be too late to be meaningful, as the appropriate moment (during the New Year’s shrine visit) has already passed.