しばらく
N4 shibaraku
- little while
adverb
Also written 暫く
Chinese meanings
一会儿;暂时;好一阵子
Examples
- ここしばらく彼にまるで会わない。I haven't seen anything of him for some time.最近好一阵子没见到他了。
- どうかしばらく私を一人にさせて。Please don't interrupt me for a while.请让我独自待一会儿。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('03712fac9d'); // しばらく
{
"id": "03712fac9d",
"word": "しばらく",
"reading": "しばらく",
"romaji": "shibaraku",
"meanings": [
"little while"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1304420,
"other_forms": [
"暫く"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ここしばらく彼にまるで会わない。",
"furigana": "ここしばらく{彼|かれ}にまるで{会|あ}わない。",
"en": "I haven't seen anything of him for some time.",
"tatoeba_id": 224699
},
{
"ja": "どうかしばらく私を一人にさせて。",
"furigana": "どうかしばらく{私|わたし}を{一人|ひとり}にさせて。",
"en": "Please don't interrupt me for a while.",
"tatoeba_id": 201673
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "cfb71f42765b90304856c9d4cfcd49991adf24f13114674604b9767c4daf68e1",
"meanings": [
"一会儿",
"暂时",
"好一阵子"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ここしばらく彼にまるで会わない。",
"zh": "最近好一阵子没见到他了。"
},
{
"ja": "どうかしばらく私を一人にさせて。",
"zh": "请让我独自待一会儿。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/03712fac9d",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "e141ed02dd06eac4d3993bb366621bf065ed020ccd6f8c255b313ea80c19a994"
}
}