暫く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
暫
しばら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese 暫し (shibashi).

Pronunciation

Adverb

暫(しばら)く • (shibaraku) 

  1. temporarily, awhile (For some time; for a short time)
    Synonyms: 暫時 (zanji), 一時的 (ichijiteki), しばし (shibashi)
    暫(しばら)くお待(ま)ちください。
    Shibaraku o-machikudasai.
    Please wait a minute.
    暫(しばら)く黙(だま)っていた。
    Shibaraku damatte ita.
    I temporarily kept silent.

Usage notes

Most commonly written in hiragana as しばらく.

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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