直
N3じき jiki
- soon
- in a moment
- before long
- shortly
な-adjectiveadverbnoun
Chinese meanings
马上;不久
Examples
- 雨はじきにやむでしょう。The rain will stop soon.雨很快就会停。
- 母はじきに帰ります。My mother will be back soon.母亲很快就会回来。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0894c700f3'); // 直
{
"id": "0894c700f3",
"word": "直",
"reading": "じき",
"romaji": "jiki",
"meanings": [
"soon",
"in a moment",
"before long",
"shortly"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adj-na",
"adv",
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1581790,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "雨はじきにやむでしょう。",
"en": "The rain will stop soon."
},
{
"ja": "母はじきに帰ります。",
"en": "My mother will be back soon."
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "19a4fb14ed89efef488e565cf9e5ac2226a23429485f3a1bcd060132556ca017",
"meanings": [
"马上",
"不久"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "雨はじきにやむでしょう。",
"zh": "雨很快就会停。"
},
{
"ja": "母はじきに帰ります。",
"zh": "母亲很快就会回来。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/0894c700f3",
"JMdict ent_seq 1581790; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "375b4ebf7598c55e93eb6e62cc4c4c984d71ab5259a8c4750960271f1fd81936",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}