Meaning of 暫く in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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暫く, 須臾, 暫らくJLPT 4
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Kana Readingしばらく, しゅゆ, すゆ
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Romajishibaraku, shuyu, suyu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- little while; short while; moment; instant
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- a while; quite a time
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- Parts of speech
- interjection (kandoushi)
- Meaning
- it's been a long time
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Example Sentences
暫く, 須臾, 暫らく, しばらく, しゅゆ, すゆ used in context
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I've finally got some vacation coming as of the end of this week.
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車は草地に飛び込み、しばらくガクンガクンと走って止まったのです。
The car dove into the field and, after bumping along for a time, came to a halt.
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しばらくプータローしていて、迷ってたんです。勢いで辞表出しちゃったけど、本当は我慢して続けるべきだったのかな、って。
Having idled jobless for a while I wavered. I'd rushed into handing in my notice but maybe I should have endured it and kept going...
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「直る見込みは？」「システム開発チームのシュバイシェン博士が現在闘病中のため、もう暫くはかかるかと・・・」
Prospects for repair? "Prof. Shubaishen, the leader of the system development team, is presently unwell so we think it will take a while longer ..."
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The peace talks have been suspended for a while.
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Avoid fried foods for a while.
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Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
ought, by all means, necessarily
On: ス, シュ
Kun: すべから.く, すべし, ひげ, まつ, もち.いる, もと.める
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