I Love Kanjiしばらく (shibaraku)
しばらく is a Japanese adverb meaning “for a moment; for a minute”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しばらく
- Romaji
- shibaraku
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- for a moment; for a minute · adverb, suru verb · usually written in kana
- for a while; for some time · adverb · usually written in kana
- for the time being; for now · adverb · usually written in kana
- it's been a long time; long time no see · interjection · usually written in kana
Example sentences
あなたは働きすぎです。しばらく座って楽にしなさい。
You are working too hard. Sit down and take it easy for a while.
昨日トムはバイクの事故でけがをしたので、しばらく体育の授業には出られません。
Yesterday, Tom was injured in a motorbike accident, so he can't attend gym class for the time being.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of しばらく
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | しばらくする | しばらくする shibarakusuru |
| Polite (~masu) | しばらくします | しばらくします shibarakushimasu |
| Negative | しばらくしない | しばらくしない shibarakushinai |
| Polite negative | しばらくしません | しばらくしません shibarakushimasen |
| Past | しばらくした | しばらくした shibarakushita |
| Polite past | しばらくしました | しばらくしました shibarakushimashita |
| Negative past | しばらくしなかった | しばらくしなかった shibarakushinakatta |
| Te-form | しばらくして | しばらくして shibarakushite |
| Potential | しばらくできる | しばらくできる shibarakudekiru |
| Passive | しばらくされる | しばらくされる shibarakusareru |
| Causative | しばらくさせる | しばらくさせる shibarakusaseru |
| Volitional | しばらくしよう | しばらくしよう shibarakushiyou |
| Imperative | しばらくしろ | しばらくしろ shibarakushiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | しばらくすれば | しばらくすれば shibarakusureba |
Source: JMdict entry 1304420 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.