Illustration: On a small suburban railway platform in Japan, a waiting passenger rises from a bench as the front of the train begins to enter at the far end. The train is close enough that its windows and closed doors are clearly visible, but it has not yet reached the waiting position.

じきに

jikini

soon, shortly

Example sentences

直じきに雨あめが降ふるかもしれない。
It may rain soon.
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君きみは直じきに出発しゅっぱつする方ほうがいい。
You may as well leave at once.
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ブルースは、ガールフレンドが彼かれのもとを去さったとき、非常ひじょうに動揺どうようしたが直じきにたち直なおった。
Bruce was terribly upset when his girlfriend left him, but he soon got over it.
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