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Learn Hardcore Japanese: sibaraku - for a while

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 42
/shibaraku

shibaraku

Word

しばらくshibaraku

Meaning

for a while

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

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Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of shibaraku

整理券せいりけん　を　取とった　ところ　なので、　しばらく　そこ　で　待まちます。seiriken o totta tokoro nanode, shibaraku soko de machimasu.

I have just taken a number ticket, so I will wait there for a while.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

しばらく　直なおらない　と　言いわれた　ので、　その　あいだ　は　古ふるい　スマホ　を　使つかうこと　に　した。shibaraku naoranai to iwareta node, sono aida wa furui sumaho o tsukaukoto ni shita.

I was told it would not be fixed for a while, so I decided to use my old smartphone in the meantime.

彼女かのじょ　は　しばらく　海外かいがい　に　行いく　ので、　友達ともだち　と　会あえる　うち　に　何度なんど　も　会あって　おきたい　と　言いって　いた。kanojo wa shibaraku kaigai ni iku node, tomodachi to aeru uchi ni nando mo atte okitai to itte ita.

She said that since she will be going abroad for a while, she wants to meet her friends many times while she still can.

屋台やたい　の　前まえ　は　人ひと　が　多おおすぎて、　しばらく　そこ　へ　行いけません　でした。yatai no mae wa hito ga oosugite, shibaraku soko e ikemasen deshita.

There were too many people in front of the food stalls, so I could not go there for a while.

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