やがて

Japanese
Alternative spellings
軈て
頓て

Etymology

/jamiɡate/ → */jamɡate/ → */jaŋɡate/ → /jaɡate/

Contraction of 止難(やみがて) (yamigate), compound of verb 止(や)む (yamu, “to stop”) + suffix 難(が)て (gate, “difficult”). First attested around the 10th century.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) やがて [yàgáté] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ɡa̠te̞]

Adverb

やがて • (yagate) 

  1. eventually, finally, in the end
    Synonym: 結局 (kekkyoku)
    日(ひ)々(び)の努(ど)力(りょく)がやがて実(み)を結(むす)ぶ。
    Hibi no doryoku ga yagate mi o musubu.
    The effort that was put in every day eventually bear fruit.
  2. not before long, soon
    私(わたし)はやがて30(さんじゅう)になる。
    Watashi wa yagate sanjū ni naru.
    I will soon be 30.
  3. almost, nearly (usually with time phrases)
    最(さい)後(ご)に会(あ)ってからやがて一(いち)年(ねん)になる。
    Saigo ni atte kara yagate ichinen ni naru.
    It has been almost a year since we last met.
  4. (archaic) as it is, unchanging
  5. (archaic) immediately
  6. (archaic) exactly

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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