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そのうち

そのうちsono uchiN2neutral

before long + savor

sono uchi ajiwau

before long; sooner or later — a time ahead, left unpinned

meaning: will savor before long

Related

  • 味あじわう
  • そのうち〜
  • そのうち味あじわう

最初さいしょはみんなそうだから、そのうち味あじわうよ。

saisho wa minna sou da kara, sono uchi ajiwau yo.

Everyone's like that at first, so you will savor before long. casual

今いまは誰だれも注目ちゅうもくしていないが、そのうち評価ひょうかされる日ひが来くるだろう。

ima wa dare mo chuumoku shite inai ga, sono uchi hyouka sareru hi ga kuru darou.

No one is paying attention now, but the day it gets recognised will come sooner or later. neutral

All examples3

before long — puts the event ahead, to reassure or delay

  1. 最初さいしょはみんなそうだから、そのうち慣なれるよ。

    saisho wa minna sou da kara, sono uchi nareru yo.

    Everyone's like that at first, so you will get used to it before long. casual

  2. 今いまは誰だれも注目ちゅうもくしていないが、そのうち評価ひょうかされる日ひが来くるだろう。

    ima wa dare mo chuumoku shite inai ga, sono uchi hyouka sareru hi ga kuru darou.

    No one is paying attention now, but the day it gets recognised will come sooner or later. neutral

  3. 詳くわしいことは、そのうち分わかるでしょう。

    kuwashii koto wa, sono uchi wakaru deshou.

    The details will become clear sooner or later. neutral

How it's formed1

All forms1

  • そのうちにsonouchinialternant

    に adds nothing to the meaning and is commoner before a pause or in writing — そのうちに分わかるでしょう。

Notes

A narrative can put it in the past (しばらく歩あるいていると、そのうち雨あめが降ふってきた). In conversation, it always looks forward.