Illustration: At a family kitchen table, a child sits beside a closed cup of instant noodles with chopsticks ready in both hands. An adult has placed a sand timer next to the cup; part of its sand remains above and part has collected below.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

期き間かん

kikan

period, length of time

Example sentences

  1. 治なおるのにどのくらいの期間きかんがかかりますか。

    How long will it take to get well?

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  2. 春休はるやすみはどれくらいの期間きかんですか。

    How long is your spring vacation?

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  3. 彼かれは長ながい期間きかんここに滞在たいざいするだろう。

    He will stay here for a long period.

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Kanji in 期間

  • 期period; timeOnキ・ゴ
  • 間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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