早晩|そうばんsouban[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, adverbsooner or later; in time; eventually
    早晩そうばん彼女かのじょは姿すがたを現あらわすだろう。↗
    Sooner or later, she will appear.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymそのうちにNeutralA set phrase meaning 'before long, in a while'; it stresses the near future, while 「早晩」 stresses that something will inevitably happen sooner or later.
  • SynonymいつかNeutralMeans 'sometime, one day', and can also refer to a point in the past; common in colloquial speech, without the sense that something is bound to happen sooner or later.

Use 「早晩」 for what is bound to happen sooner or later; it leans toward written or formal prose, as in 「早晩破綻する」. For 'someday, one day' say 「いつか」, and for 'before long' say 「そのうちに」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 早はやいことと晩ばんいこと。
  2. 朝あさと夕方ゆうがた。朝晩あさばん。
  3. (語義ごぎ2から転てんじて)朝あさも夕方ゆうがたも。朝な夕あさなゆうな。いつも。
  4. いつ。早はやいか晩ばんいか。
  5. ちかごろ。ついこの間あいだ。先日せんじつ。昨今さっこん。
  6. とき。時刻じこく。
  7. 早はやすぎたり遅おそすぎたりすること。あまりにも時期じきを外はずしていること。
  8. 晩ばんかれ早はやかれ。いつかきっと。そのうち。
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