早晩|そうばんsouban[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, adverbsooner or later; in time; eventually
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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