Illustration: At a Japanese family's kitchen table, a parent has barely lowered a plate of freshly baked bite-size cookies before three children finish taking them. The plate now holds only crumbs, while the parent's serving tongs remain raised directly above it and the other hand still supports its rim.

JLPT N3expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

あっという間まに

atto iu ma ni

in no time, very quickly

Example sentences

休暇きゅうかはあっという間まに過すぎた。
My vacation went by quickly.
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子供こどもはあっという間まに大おおきくなる。
Children grow up so quickly.
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彼かれはあっという間まに寝入ねいってしまった。
He fell asleep immediately.
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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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