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暫 means 'temporarily'
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Kun しばらく temporarily, a while, moment, long time
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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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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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a short time later (often written with kana only)(click the word for examples and links)
An additional 1 less common words include 暫 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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