絶たえ間ま

noun

interval; break; pause

A period of time when something stops or is absent; often used in negative expressions like 絶え間なく (incessantly).

• 雨あめが絶たえ間まなく降ふり続つづいている。

  The rain continues to fall without a break.

• 仕し事ごとの絶たえ間まにコーヒーを飲のむ。

  I drink coffee during a break from work.

noun

gap; rift; cleft

A physical opening or space, such as a break in clouds or a crack in a surface.

• 雲くもの絶たえ間まから月つきが見みえた。

  The moon was visible through a gap in the clouds.