— temporarily, a while, moment, long time

  • JLPT N1
  • 15 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 日
  • #1112 most frequent

Time

Readings

On'yomi
ザン
Kun'yomi
しばら.く

Example words

  • 暫くしばらく(1) little while; short while; moment; instant (2) a while; quite a time (3) it's been a long time