瞬しゅん間かん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Refers to a very short point or period of time. Often used in phrases like 瞬間に (in an instant) or その瞬間 (at that moment).

〈動どう詞し〉た瞬しゅん間かん（に）the moment/instant that (someone) did ~
ドアを開あけた瞬しゅん間かん、猫ねこが飛とび出だした。
The moment I opened the door, the cat jumped out.
その瞬しゅん間かんat that (exact) moment
その瞬しゅん間かん、彼かの女じょの顔かおが急きゅうに明あかるくなった。
At that moment, her face suddenly lit up.
瞬しゅん間かんを捉とらえるto capture the (fleeting) moment
カメラマンは決けっ定てい的てきな瞬しゅん間かんを捉とらえた。
The photographer captured the decisive moment.

一いっ瞬しゅんN3
一瞬 is typically used as an adverbial phrase meaning 'for an instant', while 瞬間 is a noun that names the point in time itself.
刹せつ那な
刹那 is a literary, almost philosophical word for an extremely brief moment, whereas 瞬間 is the everyday neutral term.
途と端たんN3
途端 is used almost exclusively in the pattern 〜した途端に to mean 'just as/right when', while 瞬間 can stand alone as a noun for 'a moment'.
瞬しゅん時じ
瞬間 is the everyday, neutral word for 'moment,' while 瞬時 is more literary and stresses extreme brevity or speed.

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束つかの間まN1
瞬間 is a neutral, everyday word for 'moment' or 'instant', while 束の間 carries a stronger nuance of transience and is often used in literary or emotional contexts.
一いっ刻こく
瞬間 is the common, neutral word for 'moment' or 'instant', while 一刻 is more literary and often appears in set phrases stressing urgency.
片かた時ときN1
瞬間 is a neutral word for 'moment' usable in both positive and negative sentences, while 片時 is almost always paired with も in negative sentences to stress 'not even briefly'.
拍ひょう子しN1
瞬間 is a neutral word for a brief instant in time, while 拍子 in its 'moment' sense specifically describes the instant when an action triggers an unexpected result.
とっさN2
瞬間 is the general, neutral word for 'moment' or 'instant', while 咄嗟 specifically implies a sudden, reflexive reaction with no time to think.
時じ点てん
瞬間 means a brief 'instant' or 'moment', whereas 時点 simply marks a point in time without implying shortness.
タイミングN2
瞬間 is simply an instant in time, while タイミング adds the idea of that instant being suitable or well-coordinated.
ひとときN1
瞬間 refers to an instant or split second, much shorter than the leisurely 'while' implied by ひととき.

時じ間かんN5
時間 refers to time or a duration/period, while 瞬間 refers to a single, instantaneous point in time.
瞬まばたきN1
瞬き (blink) and 瞬間 (moment, instant) share the kanji 瞬 and are easily confused visually, but 瞬間 means a point in time, not the act of blinking.

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決けっ定てい的てき瞬しゅん間かん
decisive moment; critical moment; crucial moment
瞬しゅん間かん接せっ着ちゃく剤ざい
instant glue; super glue; cyanoacrylate adhesive
瞬しゅん間かん湯ゆ沸わかし器き
instantaneous water heater; on-demand water heater · hot-tempered person; irritable person

From Middle Chinese 瞬間 (ʃwin˥ kæn˥), composed of 瞬 'blink, instant' and 間 'interval, space'. The reading しゅんかん is the regular Sino-Japanese on'yomi.