Info on the Kanji 間

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What is this? "間"

Meaning(s)

interval, space

Reading(s)

onyomi KAN, KEN
kunyomi aida, ma

Other

stroke count 12
grade 2
jlpt level N5
Example words with 間
WordMeaning
かん
kan
space / gap / interval / distance / time / pause / break / span / stretch / period / relationship / members / due to / because of
ひとま
hitoma
one ken / six feet
あめかん
ame kan
break in the rain
まに
mani
while / during
かんかん
kan kan
occasionally / now and then / sometimes
かんしょく
kanshoku
eating between meals / snacking
あいだじゅう
aidajuu
during
かんにち
kan nichi
day off / 50th, 53rd, 55th or 59th day of the sexagenary cycle / non-fever day
かんはち
kan hachi
greater amberjack / purplish amberjack / greater yellowtail
げっかん
gekkan
month-long period / month
ごかん
gokan
spacing between words
ぎょうかん
gyoukan
line-spacing in text / between the lines
さんかん
sankan
among the mountains
じかん
jikan
time / hours
こま
koma
small room
しょくかん
shoku kan
between meals
にんげん
ningen
the world
ちゅうかん
chuukan
middle / midway / interim
どま
doma
dirt floor / pit / parterre
ふたま
futama
two ken
にちかん
nichikan
time / days / daily interest rate
ねんかん
nenkan
year
はちかん
hachi kan
large hanging paper lantern
はんかん
han kan
something unfinished / something incomplete / idiot
ほんま
honma
measure of length corresponding to 6 shaku
あげあげかん
age kan
woman purported to bring good luck to the man she is near
このこのかん
kono kan
the other day / lately / recently / during this period
すきすきかん
suki kan
crevice / crack / gap / opening
そのそのかん
sono kan
in the meanwhile / during the time
一時いちじかん
ichijikan
one hour
一年いちねんかん
ichinenkan
one year
右中うちゅうかん
uchuukan
between right and center fielders
何時なんじかん
nanjikan
how many hours?
何年なんねんかん
nannenkan
many years
がらかんがら
kan gara
relation
のびまのび
mano bi
slow / stupid
まのかん
mano kan
room connecting the two main rooms of a building / intermediate room
の子まのこ
mano ko
person of mixed parentage / crossbreed / eurasian / mulatto / hybrid
びきかんびき
kan biki
thinning out / pruning / culling / sub-sampling / infanticide
食いかんしょくい
kanshoku i
eating between meals / snacking
高土たかどま
taka doma
upper parterre
左中ひだりちゅうかん
hidari chuukan
between left and center fielders
三日みっかかん
mikkakan
three days
じかんがい
jikangai
late / overtime
にんげんがく
ningen gaku
anthropology
生けいけかん
ike kan
compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait
千年せんねんかん
sennen kan
thousand-year period
ちゅうかんくに
chuukan kuni
buffer state
ちゅうかんし
chuukanshi
meson / mesotron
長いながいかん
nagai kan
long interval
長時ちょうじかん
choujikan
long period of time / long playing
二国にくにかん
ni kuni kan
bilateral
二日ふつかかん
futsukakan
a period of two days
日本にっぽんかん
nipponkan
japanese-style room
半時はんじかん
han jikan
half an hour / half hour
本のほんのかん
hon no kan
between the pages / between two books
木のきのかん
ki no kan
in the trees
つかのつかのかん
tsukano kan
moment / brief time / brief / transient
ダメ人だめにんげん
dame ningen
useless member of society / hopeless case / failure
がいいかんがいい
kan gaii
lucky
がないかんがない
kan ganai
not long has passed since ...
じきりかんじきり
kan jikiri
partition between two rooms / room divider / partition wall
だるいかんだるい
kan darui
slow / tedious / sluggish / dull / irritating
にあうまにあう
mani au
to be in time for / to serve the purpose / to be good enough / to be enough
にあるまにある
mani aru
intervening
もないかんもない
kan monai
after no time
もなくかんもなく
kan monaku
soon / before long / in a short time / lacking time to ... / without time to ...
休み時やすみじかん
yasumijikan
recess / break time / break between classes / free period / recess time / recreation hour / time for recess
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Example Sentences with 間
夏休みの、私は夜中に夕食を食べていた。

この日はただ時とお金の無駄だった。

理論上、理論と実行のには何の違いもないが、実際上違いはあるものだ。

コンピューターのおかげで人は馬鹿になる。



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