How to say "temporarily" in Japanese

• いったんJLPT N2approx.Common
  adverbCovers 'temporarily' in the sense of briefly interrupting an action or state before resuming it, as in going home once and then heading out again. It implies a return or change afterward.
  いったん着地ちゃくちした怪物かいぶつは、瞬間しゅんかんふたたび跳躍ちょうやくして私の頭上ずじょうにいた。↗

  Having once landed the monster immediately jumped again and was over my head.
• 一度いちどJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, adverbMatches 'temporarily' in the sense of 'for a moment', but its core meaning is 'once' or 'one time'. It is often the word you want for 'once', not for an extended temporary state.
• 仮にかりにCommon
  adverbCovers the provisional sense of 'temporarily', often as 'for the time being' or 'for argument's sake'. Best for stopgap measures, provisional decisions, or hypothetical suppositions rather than brief actions.

Choose 「いったん」 for doing something briefly before returning to a previous state, 一度 for doing something once or for a moment, and 「仮に」 for provisional, hypothetical or stopgap arrangements.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 一朝いっちょうtemporarily
• いったんfor a short time
• 一度いちどtemporarily
• 仮にかりにtemporarily
• 一時いちじfor a time