Illustration: In a Japanese community-center exercise room, an instructor holds a sand timer beside a participant maintaining a one-legged balance pose. Sand is partway through the timer, leaving visible amounts above and below, and the instructor gently signals for the participant to keep holding the position.

JLPT N4suffixLevel estimated by Bebop

間かん

kan

for a period of time

Follows a stated length of time. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはそこで３ヶ月かげつ間かん働はたらいています。

    I’ve been working there for three months.

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  2. オーストラリアで三ヶ月さんかげつ間かん過すごした。

    I spent three months in Australia.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 国会こっかいは３ヶ月かげつ間かん休会きゅうかいになる。

    The Diet will adjourn for three months.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 間

  • 間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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