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JLPT N4 · Frequency & timing

まもなく

shortly; soon

Stroke order of まもなく

4 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

ま · 3 strokesも · 3 strokesな · 4 strokesく · 1 strokes

Memory trick

MAMONAKU — 'mama no-koo': mama, no cooing, the train comes shortly.

Parts: adverb; formal 'soon', used in announcements

The characters in まもなく

  • ま ま — ma (3 strokes)
  • も も — mo (3 strokes)
  • な な — na (4 strokes)
  • く く — ku (1 strokes)

Example sentence

まもなく電車が来ます。

まもなくでんしゃがきます。

The train will arrive shortly.

More words: Frequency & timing

そろそろsoon; it's about timeようやくfinally; at lengthとうとうfinally; in the endこのあいだthe other dayしばらくfor a whileたまにoccasionallyもうすぐsoon; shortlyそのうちbefore long; eventually

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