間

Meaning

間 centers on a gap or separation between things: an interval of time or a space between objects. The core idea is the measurable or conceptual distance that lies between two points.

• 時間じかん
  N5

  time

• 間あいだ
  N5

  space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch

• 間ま
  N3

  time; pause

• 間かん
  N1

  interval; period of time

• 人間にんげん
  N3

  human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind

• 期間きかん
  N3

  period; term; interval

• 週間しゅうかん
  N4

  week

• 年間ねんかん
  N3

  (period of) a year

• 間違いまちがい
  N3

  mistake; error; blunder

• 仲間なかま
  N3

  companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade; partner; colleague; coworker; associate

• 瞬間しゅんかん
  N3

  moment; instant; second

• 間違うまちがう
  N3

  to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to be wrong

• 間違えるまちがえる
  N4

  to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to do incorrectly

• 空間くうかん
  N2

  space; room; airspace

• 民間みんかん
  N2

  private; non-governmental; non-official; civilian; civil

• 間に合うまにあう
  N4

  to be in time (for)

• 世間せけん
  N3

  world; society; people; the public

• 中間ちゅうかん
  N2

  middle; midway; halfway; centre; center

• 手間てま
  N3

  time; labour; labor; effort

• この間このあいだ
  N4

  the other day; lately; recently; during this period

• 昼間ひるま
  N4

  daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

• 分間ふんかん

  minutes (period of)

• 長時間ちょうじかん

  long time; several hours; long spell

• 間もなくまもなく
  N3

  soon; shortly; before long; in a short time; in a little while

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