"暫く" meaning in Japanese

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "permanently; for a long time",
      "roman": "hisashiku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "久",
          "ひさ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "久しく"
    },
    {
      "english": "permanently; for a long time",
      "word": "ずっと"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "暫し",
        "tr": "shibashi"
      },
      "expansion": "暫し (shibashi)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese 暫し (shibashi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "暫く",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "暫",
          "しばら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shibaraku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "しばらく"
      },
      "expansion": "暫(しばら)く • (shibaraku)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Please wait a minute.",
          "roman": "Shibaraku o-machikudasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "暫",
              "しばら"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "暫くお待ちください。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I temporarily kept silent.",
          "roman": "Shibaraku damatte ita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "暫",
              "しばら"
            ],
            [
              "黙",
              "だま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "暫く黙っていた。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "temporarily, awhile (For some time; for a short time)"
      ],
      "id": "en-暫く-ja-adv-sPZ5r9GZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily"
        ],
        [
          "awhile",
          "awhile"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short#English"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "暫時"
        },
        {
          "word": "一時的"
        },
        {
          "word": "しばし"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しばらく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕiba̠ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "暫く"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "permanently; for a long time",
      "roman": "hisashiku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "久",
          "ひさ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "久しく"
    },
    {
      "english": "permanently; for a long time",
      "word": "ずっと"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "暫し",
        "tr": "shibashi"
      },
      "expansion": "暫し (shibashi)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese 暫し (shibashi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "暫く",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "暫",
          "しばら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shibaraku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "しばらく"
      },
      "expansion": "暫(しばら)く • (shibaraku)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adverbs",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Please wait a minute.",
          "roman": "Shibaraku o-machikudasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "暫",
              "しばら"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "暫くお待ちください。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I temporarily kept silent.",
          "roman": "Shibaraku damatte ita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "暫",
              "しばら"
            ],
            [
              "黙",
              "だま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "暫く黙っていた。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "temporarily, awhile (For some time; for a short time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily"
        ],
        [
          "awhile",
          "awhile"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short#English"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "暫時"
        },
        {
          "word": "一時的"
        },
        {
          "word": "しばし"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しばらく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕiba̠ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "暫く"
}