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間“interval” Kanjiaida / kan

How to write 間

Meaning and readings

Meaning

interval, space

Onyomi (音読み)

  • かん kan
  • けん ken

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

  • あいだ aida
  • ま ma
  • あい ai

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 間

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

  1. トムとの間まに何なにかあったの?

    Did something happen between you and Tom?

    間 (ま)

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