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間もなく

まもなく

soon, shortly

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Examples

  1. 間もなく開演します。

    まもなくかいえんします。

    The performance will begin shortly.

  2. 間もなく電車が参ります。

    まもなくでんしゃがまいります。

    The train will be arriving shortly.

  3. 卒業して間もなく結婚した。

    そつぎょうしてまもなくけっこんした。

    She married soon after graduating.

  4. 会議が始まって間もなく、彼は席を立った。

    かいぎがはじまってまもなく、かれはせきをたった。

    Not long after the meeting began, he got up and left.

Common patterns

間もなく到着する
to arrive shortly
〜して間もなく
shortly after doing ~
間もなく開始
starting soon

Memory tip

Literally 'with no interval'. Two uses: on its own it is the announcement-style 'shortly' you hear on platforms, and after a て-form it means 'not long after ~ happened'. もうすぐ is the casual spoken equivalent of the first use only.

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