やがて・軈て・頓て・漸てyagate[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. adverbbefore long; soon; shortly
    私わたしたちはやがてまたあなたにお目めにかかるでしょう。↗
    We will be seeing you again before long.
  2. adverbalmost; nearly
  3. adverbfinally; in the end; eventually
    やがて彼かれはその事件じけんのことを忘わすれた。↗
    By and by he forgot that affair.
Japanese definitions
  1. (頓とみて・卽て)ある時点じてんからあまり時間じかんが経過けいかしない内うちにある事態じたいが起おこるさま。まもなく。そのうちに。
  2. (須臾しゅゆて)結局けっきょく。究極きゅうきょくにおいては。いずれ。いつか。
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