Moto 間: Interval; SpaceKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カン、ケン
- Kun'yomi
- あいだ、ま、あい
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 1,323 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カン・ケン)
- 人間にんげんhuman being; human
- 年間ねんかん(period of) a year
- 時間じかんtime
- 期間きかんperiod; term
- 民間みんかんprivate; non-governmental
- 中間ちゅうかんmiddle; midway
- 瞬間しゅんかんmoment; second
- 空間くうかんspace; room
- 一週間いっしゅうかんone week
- 世間せけんworld; society
- 夜間やかんnight; nighttime
- 区間くかんsection (of track, etc.); segment
- 二十四時間制にじゅうよじかんせいaround-the-clock system
- 人間関係にんげんかんけいhuman relations; personal relationships
- 長時間ちょうじかんlong time
- 右中間うちゅうかんbetween right and center fielders (centre)
- 月間げっかんmonth-long period; (during) month
- 短期間たんきかんshort term; short time
- 短時間たんじかんshort time
- 間隔かんかくspace; interval
- 山間さんかんamong the mountains
- 週間しゅうかんweek
- 間接かんせつindirection; indirectness
- 間接的かんせつてきindirect
- 間接税かんせつぜいindirect tax
- 人間性にんげんせいhumanity; human nature
- 人間的にんげんてきhuman; human-like
- 宇宙空間うちゅうくうかんouter space; void of space
- 民間放送みんかんほうそうcommercial broadcasting
- 時間切れじかんぎれbeing out of time; passing the deadline
- 人間国宝にんげんこくほうliving national treasure
- 人間ドックにんげんドックcomprehensive medical check-up; thorough physical examination
- 人間像にんげんぞうimage of (an ideal) person
- 夏時間なつじかんdaylight saving time; daylight savings time
- 間伐かんばつperiodic thinning (e.g. forest)
- お時間おじかん(your) time
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 仲間なかまcompany; fellow
- 間あいだspace (between); gap
- 間もなくまもなくsoon; shortly
- 間違いまちがいmistake; error
- 昼間ひるまdaytime; during the day
- 合間あいまinterval; break
- 手間てまtime; labour
- 間近まぢかproximity; nearness
- 居間いまliving room (Western style); sitting room
- 間違いないまちがいないcertain; sure
- 岩間いわまamong rocks
- 間際まぎわthe point just before; the point of doing
- 谷間たにまvalley; ravine
- 茶の間ちゃのまliving room (Japanese-style)
- 仲間入りなかまいりjoining a group
- 床の間とこのまtokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
- 間に合うまにあうto be in time (for)
- 間に合わせるまにあわせるto make do with; to manage with
- 間取りまどりlayout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
- 間口まぐちfrontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.)
- あっという間あっというまa blink of time; the time it takes to say "Ah!"
- あっという間にあっというまにjust like that; in the twinkling of an eye
- いつの間にかいつのまにかbefore one knows; before one becomes aware of
Other readings
- 間中あいだじゅうduring
Showing the 60 most common of 1,323 words. See them all in the graph.
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