ほどなく
No longer...
JLPT
N2
संरचना
Vて + ほどなく
Vる + とほどなく
अर्थ
Expresses the meaning: "shortly after something happened, then...". Used to talk about a past event. It is a formal expression with a literary nature.
市長
が
亡
くなってほどなく
彼
の
奥
さんも
亡
くなった
。
Shortly after the mayor died, his wife also passed away.
新
しい
会長
が
就任
すると
、
ほどなく
人事部長
が
解雇
された
。
Shortly after the new chairman took office, the human resources manager was fired.
トヨタ
が
車
を
大幅値下
げすると
、
ほどなく
他社
もそれに
追随
を
始
めた
。
Once Toyota drastically reduced the prices of its cars, other companies soon began to follow suit.
