JLPT N4 vocabulary
暫く: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
しばらく2Nakadaka · falls inside
Noun + suru
Meaning
- for a moment, for a minute
- for a while, for some time
- for the time being, for now
- (interjection) it's been a long time, long time no see
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 暫くする | 暫く |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 暫く | 暫く |
| Polite presentます形 | 暫く | 暫く |
| Polite pastました形 | 暫く | 暫く |
| Te-formて形 | 暫く | 暫く |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 暫くす | 暫く |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 暫く | 暫く |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 暫く | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 暫く | 暫く |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 暫く | 暫くする |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 暫く | 暫く |
| Passive受身形 | 暫く | 暫く |
| Make / let使役形 | 暫く | 暫く |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 暫く | 暫く |
Example sentences
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.
アランと私はしばらくの間お互いに見つめ合った。
Alan and I looked at one another for a while.
そういえば、しばらく優子に連絡していなかった。尤もお互い忙しいのよね。
Come to think of it, I haven't been in contact with Yuko for quite some time. Then again, we're both busy.