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Kanji Information Sheet for 間 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 門 (もん) – gate
Henshall Mnemonic: gate with space to let sun shine through
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #33 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #33 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
- 昼間 [ひるま]
(n-adv,n-t) daytime; during the day [K] [D] [Jisho] - この間 [このあいだ]
(n-t) the other day; lately; recently [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間 [あいだ]
(n-adv,n-t) space; interval [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間に合う [まにあう]
(v5u) (1) to be in time for; (2) to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間違える [まちがえる]
(v1) to err; to make a mistake [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 居間 [いま]
(n) living room (western style) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 年間 [ねんかん]
(n-t) year [K] [D] [Jisho] - 瞬間 [しゅんかん]
(n-adv,n-t) moment; second; instant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間 [ま]
(n) space; room; time; pause [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間違い [まちがい]
(n) mistake [K] [D] [Jisho] - 仲間 [なかま]
(n) company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner [K] [D] [Jisho] - 期間 [きかん]
(n) period; term [K] [D] [Jisho] - 手間 [てま]
(n) time; labour [K] [D] [Jisho] - 世間 [せけん]
(n) world; society [K] [D] [Jisho] - 人間 [にんげん]
(n) human being; man; person [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 床の間 [とこのま]
(n) alcove [K] [D] [Jisho] - 寝間着 [ねまき]
(n) sleep-wear; nightclothes; pyjamas; nightgown; nightdress [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間も無く [まもなく]
(adv) soon; before long; in a short time [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間隔 [かんかく]
(n) space; interval; SPC [K] [D] [Jisho] - 中間 [ちゅうかん]
(n-adv,n) middle; midway; interim [K] [D] [Jisho] - 何時の間にか [いつのまにか]
(adv) before one knows; unnoticed; unawares [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間接 [かんせつ]
(n) indirection; indirectness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 時間割 [じかんわり]
(n) timetable; schedule [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 夏時間 [なつじかん]
(n) daylight savings time; summer time [K] [D] [Jisho] - 土間 [どま]
(n) dirt floor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 短期間 [たんきかん]
(n) short term; short time [K] [D] [Jisho] - 月間 [げっかん]
(n) (during) month [K] [D] [Jisho] - 右中間 [うちゅうかん]
(n) between right and center fielders (baseball) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 洋間 [ようま]
(n) Western-style room [K] [D] [Jisho] - 山間 [さんかん]
(n) among the mountains [K] [D] [Jisho] - 短時間 [たんじかん]
(n-adv,n-t) short time [K] [D] [Jisho] - 絶え間なく [たえまなく]
incessantly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間に合せ [まにあわせ]
(n) makeshift [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間に合わせ [まにあわせ]
(n) makeshift [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間に合わせる [まにあわせる]
(v1) to make do; to manage (with something); to make shift [K] [D] [Jisho] - 宇宙空間 [うちゅうくうかん]
the void of space [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間違いない [まちがいない]
(exp) I have no doubt; You can depend on it; certain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間一髪 [かんいっぱつ]
(n) hair's breadth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二十四時間制 [にじゅうよじかんせい]
(n) around-the-clock system [K] [D] [Jisho] - 垣間見る [かいまみる]
(v1) to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間近 [まぢか]
(adj-na,n-adv,n) proximity; nearness; soon; nearby [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間口 [まぐち]
(n) frontage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間際 [まぎわ]
(n) on the verge of; just before; on the point of [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間借り [まがり]
(n,vs) renting a room [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間取り [まどり]
(n) plan of a house; arrangement of rooms [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間食 [かんしょく]
(n) eating between meals; snacking [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間接税 [かんせつぜい]
(n) indirect tax [K] [D] [Jisho] - 鈍間 [のろま]
(adj-na,n) blockhead; dunce; gullible (person) [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.