近々
ちかぢか
before long, soon, shortly
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Examples
近々引っ越すつもりです。
ちかぢかひっこすつもりです。
I plan to move before long.
近々お伺いしますので、よろしくお願いします。
ちかぢかおうかがいしますので、よろしくおねがいします。
I will visit you before long, so thank you in advance.
彼の秘密は近々明らかになるだろう。
かれのひみつはちかぢかあきらかになるだろう。
His secret will probably come out before long.
Common patterns
- 近々行く
- to go before long
- 近々発表される
- to be announced shortly
- 近々お会いしましょう
- let's meet up soon
Memory tip
Slightly formal — common in business email and polite promises, where もうすぐ would sound too casual. Also read きんきん; ちかぢか is the usual reading. It looks ahead, never back.
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