THE WORD · N4
しばらく
little time
Noun · Verbe · Adverbe · Interjection · Group 3 verb
彼はしばらくの間休んだ。
He rested for a while.
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: bunbuku · French : Aiji
Parts of speech
Adverbe · Verbal noun that can combine with する · Interjection
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
Verb group: Group 3 (irregular) (for construction with する)
Other written forms: 暫く
English dictionary meanings
- for a moment
- for a minute
- for a while
- for some time
- for the time being
- for now
- it's been a long time
- long time no see