Illustration: In a Japanese apartment undergoing kitchen repairs, a family has set up a temporary cooking station on the dining table. A portable burner, kettle, dish basin, and several days’ worth of groceries make it usable for an ongoing stretch.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

当とう分ぶん

toubun

for the time being

Example sentences

  1. 当分とうぶんこれで間まに合あうだろう。

    This will do for the time being.

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  2. その問題もんだいは当分とうぶん棚上たなあげだ。

    That problem has been shelved for the time being.

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  3. 私わたしは当分とうぶんホテルにいるつもりです。

    For the time being, I intend to stay at a hotel.

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Kanji in 当分

  • 当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる
  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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