in due time
in due time は英検1級レベルの英単語で、「いずれ」という意味があります。発音記号は /ɪn djuː ˈtaɪm/ です。
いずれ
解説 Definition
急がなくてもよく、適切な時期が来るまで待てばよいということを穏やかに伝える表現です。時間をかける必要がある物事や過程についてよく用いられます。
In due time means at the proper time or eventually, when the right moment comes. It suggests that something will happen later, but not immediately. This phrase is often used in formal or careful speech.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
due はまず due date（締切）, amount due（支払期限の来た金額）, overdue（期限超過）で覚えると、「来るべき時・当然の時期」という芯がつかめます。そこに time が付くので in due time は「その物事にふさわしい時期になれば」という感覚。soon のように“すぐ”を約束せず、when the time is right に近い穏やかな言い方です。焦らせず待たせる場面でよく使う、とセットで覚えると定着します。
Use due date and overdue to remember due as "the proper or expected time." Then in due time means when the right time comes, not necessarily soon. It often appears when someone is asking for patience rather than giving a quick promise.
例文
You'll understand the reason in due time.
その理由はやがてわかるだろう。
The results will arrive in due time, so don't rush the review.
結果はそのうち届くので、審査を急がなくてよい。
in due time の類義語・関連語
in due time の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dueはラテン語debere（負う・借りがある）の過去分詞debitusから古仏語deuを経て英語に入った。「当然支払われるべき時に」が原義で、適切な時期が来ればという意味に。関連語：debt（負債）、duty（義務）。
"Due" came into English through Old French from Latin "debere," meaning to owe. Its past participle, "debitus," meant something owed or expected at the proper time, and it is also the source of "debt." From the idea of the time when something is rightly owed, "in due time" came to mean at the proper or expected time.
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