N5 Kanji Course

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Marshall

N5 Kanji 40: 間

Meaning of kanji 間:

In Japanese, 間 means “space”.

How to read kanji 間:

Kunyomi	あいだ、ま
Onyomi	かん、げん

How to write kanji 間:

Origin of kanji 間:

You can see the moon through the space of the door. So 間 stands for “space”.

Development of kanji 間:

Vocabulary containing kanji 間:

Level	Word	Reading	Meaning
Basic	時間	じかん	time
Basic	間	あいだ	space
Basic	昼間	ひるま	daytime
Basic	間違える	まちがえる	to make mistake
Basic	間に合う	まにあう	be in time
Inter	人間	にんげん	human
Inter	期間	きかん	period
Inter	間違い	まちがい	mistake
Inter	仲間	なかま	friend
Inter	空間	くうかん	space
Inter	瞬間	しゅんかん	moment
Inter	世間	せけん	public
Inter	間違う	まちがう	to be wrong
Inter	民間	みんかん	private
Inter	中間	ちゅうかん	middle
Inter	隙間	すきま	gap
Inter	間接	かんせつ	indirect
Inter	手間	てま	labor
Adv	夜間	やかん	night
Adv	間隔	かんかく	interval
Adv	居間	いま	living room
Adv	間近	まぢか	close up
Adv	合間	あいま	in between
Adv	谷間	たにま	valley
Adv	区間	くかん	section

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