I Love Kanjiそろそろ (sorosoro)
そろそろ is a Japanese adverb meaning “soon; before long”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- そろそろ
- Romaji
- sorosoro
- Word class
- Adverb
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- soon; before long; any time now; momentarily · adverb, adverb (taking と) · onomatopoeia / mimetic
- slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly · adverb, adverb (taking と) · onomatopoeia / mimetic
- already; about time · adverb, adverb (taking と) · onomatopoeia / mimetic · used exhortatively or to express impatience
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Source: JMdict entry 1345605 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.