What does 暫く (shibaraku | しばらく) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	暫く
	is pronounced
	shibaraku \| しばらく
	means
	for some time

	Examples:
	私は暫く待つように言われた。 watashi wa shibaraku matsu yō ni iwa re ta. I was told to wait for a while.
	「直る見込みは？」「システム開発チームのシュバイシェン博士が現在闘病中のため、もう暫くはかかるかと・・・」. ' naoru mikomi wa? ' ' shisutemu kaihatsu chīmu no jubaishen hakase ga genzai tōbyō chū no tame, mō shibaraku wa kakaru ka to . . . ' "Prospects for repair?" "Prof. Shubaishen, the leader of the system development team, is presently unwell so we think it will take a while longer ...".

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org