間あいの間ま

noun

intermediate room; connecting room

In traditional Japanese architecture, a room situated between two main rooms, often used as a passage or buffer space.

• この古ふるい家いえには、座ざ敷しきと居い間まの間あいだに間あいの間まがある。

  In this old house, there is an intermediate room between the tatami room and the living room.