Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room, two large storage boxes stand a short distance apart on the floor. A cat has settled into the narrow gap between them, its body tucked neatly along the available strip of tatami and its face poking out at the front.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

間あいだ

aida

space between, gap

Example sentences

彼かれはメアリーとトムの間あいだに座すわった。
He was sitting between Mary and Tom.
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この列車れっしゃは東京とうきょうと大阪おおさかの間あいだを走はしります。
This train runs between Tokyo and Osaka.
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猫ねこは枝えだの間あいだに隠かくれた。
The cat hid among the branches.
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Kanji in 間

間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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