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暫 means 'temporarily'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 2108   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-40    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 18 words   Used in 17 words   Used in 5 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ザン
Additional readings
Kun    しばらく temporarily, a while, moment, long time
Variants
暂 (Chinese)  
Notes
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Find out about a common term that means both "a short while" and "a long while," sometimes confusing native speakers! Learn to talk about tentatively set times, provisional agreements, and interim governments. And see how various ways of saying "It's been awhile!" or "He came back after awhile" have subtly different nuances, as do assorted terms that mean "for awhile."
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⿱  斬 kill  日 sun; day  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 暫 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 暫 is used 16 times, read 2 ways.
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ザン : 11 words FIND ALL
ざ ん て い 0
noun, prefix, 'no' adjective
tentative; temporary
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しばらく : 5 words FIND ALL
expression
a short time later  (often written with kana only)
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An additional one less common word includes 暫 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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暫
ザン    temporarily   
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斬
ザン   きる to kill   
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斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
車
シャ   くるま car   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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