暫く

Japanese

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

Etymology

From Old Japanese 暫し (shibashi).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しばらく [shìbáꜜràkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ɕiba̠ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

暫(しばら)く • (shibaraku)

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

久(ひさ)しく (hisashiku, “permanently; for a long time”)
ずっと (permanently; for a long time)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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