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Learn Hardcore Japanese: syousyou - a moment

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 43
/shoushou

shoushou

Word

少々しょうしょうshoushou

Meaning

a moment

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of shoushou

受付うけつけ　で　少々しょうしょう　お待まち　いただけます　か　と　言いわれました。uketsuke de shoushou omachi itadakemasu ka to iwaremashita.

At the reception desk, I was asked, “Could you wait a moment?”

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

少々しょうしょう　待まって　ください。shoushou matte kudasai.

Please wait a moment.

少々しょうしょう　こちら　で　お待まち　いただけます　か。shoushou kochira de omachi itadakemasu ka.

Could you please wait here for a moment?

少々しょうしょう　待まって　いただける　と　助たすかります。shoushou matte itadakeru to tasukarimasu.

I would appreciate it if you could wait a moment.

事情じじょう　が　分わかる　まで、　少々しょうしょう　待まって　ください。jijou ga wakaru made, shoushou matte kudasai.

Please wait a moment until the situation becomes clear.

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