"やがて" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [ja̠ɡa̠te̞] Forms: yagate [romanization]
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. Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|/jamiɡate/}} /jamiɡate/, {{IPAfont|/jamɡate/}} /jamɡate/, {{IPAfont|/jaŋɡate/}} /jaŋɡate/, {{IPAfont|/jaɡate/}} /jaɡate/, {{ja-r|止難|やみがて}} 止難(やみがて) (yamigate), {{ja-r|止む|やむ|to stop}} 止(や)む (yamu, “to stop”), {{ja-r|難て|がて|difficult}} 難(が)て (gate, “difficult”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} やがて • (yagate)
  1. eventually, finally, in the end Synonyms: 結局
    Sense id: en-やがて-ja-adv-JRnTdxYV
  2. not before long, soon
    Sense id: en-やがて-ja-adv-dMxDIBki
  3. almost, nearly (usually with time phrases)
    Sense id: en-やがて-ja-adv-0JL0oOoZ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 41 57 1 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 41 57 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 37 52 3 2 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 40 57 2 0 0
  4. (archaic) as it is, unchanging Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-やがて-ja-adv-L9aBTrfP
  5. (archaic) immediately Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-やがて-ja-adv-2Xjg5IeS
  6. (archaic) exactly Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-やがて-ja-adv-JAZSMd8b

Alternative forms

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          "english": "The effort that was put in every day eventually bear fruit.",
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