しばらく (shibaraku)

Meaning

  1. for a moment

All JLPT 3 grammar : 暫く(しばらく, shibaraku), for a moment; for a minute, [Adverb, Suru verb]

Usually written using kana alone

Example

日本語意味
いよいよ今週を限りに、しばらくのお休みです。I’ve finally got some vacation coming as of the end of this week.
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.
私は先週しばらくぶりに彼に会った。I met him last week for the first time in ages.
ちなみにここ一週間は、例えばフラグが立っていようとも、Hシーンが無い事は確定事項だからな。暫くの間、辛抱な!By the way, this week – no matter what flags are set – it’s a certainty that there will be no ecchi scenes. You’ll just have to bear with it a while.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
限りkagirilimit; limits; bounds; degree; extent; scope
imanow, the present time
今週konshuuthis week
休みyasumirest, recess
kusagrass, weed, herb
kurumacar, automobile
kaimeeting, assembly
karehe, him
sakiprevious, prior, former
先週senshuulast week
watashiI, me
確定kakuteidecision; settlement
辛抱shinboupatience, endurance
reiexample, case
週間shuukanweek
だからdakaraso, therefore
kotothing, matter
ichione
ここkokohere

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
コン,キンいまnow
キュウやす.む, やす.まる, やす.めるrest, day off, retire, sleep
シュウweek
ゲンかぎ.る, かぎ.り, -かぎ.りlimit, restrict
シャくるまcar
チ,ジground, earth
と.まる, -ど.まり, と.めるstop, halt
ソウはし.るrun
と.ぶ, と.ばす, -と.ばすfly, skip, scatter
-こ.む, こ.む, こ.みcrowded, mixture
ソウくさ, くさ-, -ぐさgrass, weeds, herbs
センさき, ま.ずbefore, ahead, previous, future, precedence
カイ,エあ.う, あ.わせる, あつ.まるmeeting
わたくし, わたしprivate, me
かれ, かの, か.のhe, that, the
カン,ケンあいだ, ま, あいinterval, space
ジ,ズこと, つか.う, つか.えるmatter, thing
ム,ブな.いnothingness, none
リツ,リュウ,リットルた.つ, -た.つ, た.ち-stand up
ホウだ.く, いだ.く, かか.えるembrace, hug
カク,コウたし.か, たし.かめるassurance, firm, clear
レイたと.えるexample, precedent
テイ,ジョウさだ.める, さだ.まる, さだ.かdetermine, decide

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