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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

やがて

N3
yagate
  1. before long
  2. soon
  3. at length
adverb

Also written 軈て

Chinese meanings

不久;最终

Examples

  • やがて彼かれはその事じ件けんのことを忘わすれた。
    By and by he forgot that affair.
    后来他忘了那件事。
  • 彼かれはやがてその事じ実じつをしるだろう。
    He will learn the facts in the course of time.
    他不久就会知道事实。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('eb2bf568d9'); // やがて
{
  "id": "eb2bf568d9",
  "word": "やがて",
  "reading": "やがて",
  "romaji": "yagate",
  "meanings": [
    "before long",
    "soon",
    "at length"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1012730,
  "other_forms": [
    "軈て"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "やがて彼はその事件のことを忘れた。",
      "furigana": "やがて{彼|かれ}はその{事件|じけん}のことを{忘|わす}れた。",
      "en": "By and by he forgot that affair.",
      "tatoeba_id": 193117
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼はやがてその事実をしるだろう。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はやがてその{事実|じじつ}をしるだろう。",
      "en": "He will learn the facts in the course of time.",
      "tatoeba_id": 110520
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "251511bffdff11ddd5b630e564e4f0452841efaa9319be24b847c3be5ecb8f1b",
    "meanings": [
      "不久",
      "最终"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "やがて彼はその事件のことを忘れた。",
        "zh": "后来他忘了那件事。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼はやがてその事実をしるだろう。",
        "zh": "他不久就会知道事实。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/eb2bf568d9",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1012730; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "f84a5972aa950d979da75fdc997a98ecb449e94c5a7cb9600d0c368d469faa0a"
  }
}