Meaning of 間 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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間JLPT 4
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Kana Readingあいだ, あわい
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Romajiaida, awai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- space (between); gap; interval; distance
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- Parts of speech
- adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
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- time (between); pause; break
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- Parts of speech
- adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
- Meaning
- span (temporal or spatial); stretch; period (while)
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- Parts of speech
- adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- relationship (between, among)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- members (within, among)
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- Parts of speech
- conjunction
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- due to; because of
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Example Sentences
間, あいだ, あわい used in context
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椎間板ヘルニアは背骨の間にある椎間板という軟骨が飛び出すものです。
Disk herniation is when cartilage, called 'intervertebral disk' and found between each vertebra, slips out.
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夫との間に波風が立つのが恐くて、愛人の存在は知らない振りをしています。
I'm afraid of discord arising with my husband so I'm turning a blind eye to his mistress.
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The point of true mutual understanding has not yet been reached between Japan and China.
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Obviously there are many variations between these two extremes.
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There had never been any ill-feeling between them until that night.
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その間ずっと、じいさんの言ったことが、メロンの周りを飛び回る蠅の羽音のように、頭の中でぶんぶんと鳴っていました。
All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.
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