しばらく

N4

暫く

[shibaraku]

Illustration for 暫く

Meanings

1.AdverbNoun・suru

for a moment; for a minute

2.Adverb

for a while; for some time

3.Adverb

for the time being; for now

4.Interjection

it's been a long time; long time no see

Examples

しばらく待ってもバスが来なかった。

I waited for a while but the bus didn't come.

暫くの間、旅行に出かけます。

I'm going on a trip for a while.

しばらくお会いしていませんね。

It's been a while since we last met.