Illustration: In a compact Japanese apartment, a covered pot simmers on the kitchen stove while a parent and child fold warm laundry at the adjacent low table. Steam escapes steadily from the pot, and an hourglass beside it still has sand falling. The parent glances toward the stove without stopping the folding.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

その間かん

sonokan

meanwhile, during that time

そのあいだ is another common reading. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはその間かんずっとここにいた。

    I was here all the time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その間かん、第二だいにトーキー・ステージが完成かんせいした。

    During this time, Number Two Talkie Stage was completed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 彼かれはその間かんずっと黙だまっていた。

    He was silent all the time.

    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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