Illustration: In a compact Japanese apartment, a sliding door is almost closed, leaving a narrow vertical opening beside its wooden frame. A cat on the far side pushes one paw through this opening toward a felt mouse lying just beyond reach. Its eye and whiskers are also visible through the same narrow space.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

隙すき間ま

sukima

gap, opening, crack

Example sentences

歯はが抜ぬけて隙間すきまが空あいていた。
His teeth had gaps.
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男おとこは壁かべの隙間すきまからのぞいた。
The man peeped through a hole in the wall.
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雨あめが屋根やねの隙間すきまからぽたぽた落おちていた。
The rain was dripping through a leak in the roof.
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Kanji in 隙間

隙crevice; fissureOnゲキ・キャク・ケキKunすき・すく・すかす
間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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