やがて
N3 yagate
- before long
- soon
- at length
adverb
Also written 軈て
Chinese meanings
不久;最终
Examples
- やがて彼はその事件のことを忘れた。By and by he forgot that affair.后来他忘了那件事。
- 彼はやがてその事実をしるだろう。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"
}
}