間（あいだ・ま）
JLPT N5 · noun
Meaning: between / during
Example sentences
- 夏休みの間、ずっと旅行していた。 — I was traveling the whole time during summer vacation.
- 二つのビルの間に細い道がある。 — There's a narrow path between the two buildings.
Idioms & proverbs containing “間”
- 世間は張り物 (せけんははりもの) — everyone is putting on appearances; society is all show
- 人間万事塞翁が馬 (にんげんばんじさいおうがうま) — inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable
- 人間は万物の霊長 (にんげんはばんぶつのれいちょう) — man is the crown of creation
- 人間到る処青山あり (にんげんいたるところせいざんあり) — home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places
- 渡る世間に鬼はない (わたるせけんにおにはない) — all people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone; there is kindness to be found everywhere
- 人間万事金の世の中 (にんげんばんじかねのよのなか) — money talks
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See it used in real works
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- Hear “間” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)