しばらく
for a while, for the time being
The landlady drops the bar across the door and sits back down. Nobody is leaving for a good while yet. She barred the lock: しばらく.
Vague on purpose. Anything from a few minutes to a few years, and しばらくぶり is what you say after a long gap.
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