Illustration: On an apartment balcony, a child touches a soap bubble with the very tip of one finger. The bubble is caught at the exact point of bursting: one half still curves around a pocket of air while the other has broken into a fine arc of droplets.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

瞬しゅん間かん

shunkan

moment, instant

Example sentences

  1. この瞬間しゅんかんは歴史れきしに記録きろくされるだろう。

    This moment will be recorded in history.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その瞬間しゅんかん、私わたしは現実感げんじつかんを失うしなった。

    I lost my sense of reality at that moment.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 見みた瞬間しゅんかん、彼女かのじょだとわかった。

    I recognized her the moment I saw her.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 瞬間

  • 瞬wink; blinkOnシュンKunまたたく・まじろぐ
  • 間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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