N2 — outside your level filter
Modifies the end of the sentence directly and takes no だ／です, so there are no forms to conjugate.
ほどなく
hodonakubefore long, soonN2adverb
Example sentences2
出発してほどなく、雨が降り始めた。
shuppatsu shite hodonaku, ame ga furihajimeta.
Not long after we set off, it started to rain. neutral
ほどなく電車が来ると思います。
hodonaku densha ga kuru to omoimasu.
The train should be along before long, I think. neutral