JLPT N4 vocabulary

間meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

あいだ0Heiban · flat

Meaning

  1. space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch
  2. period of time (during, while), duration, interval
  3. between (two parties or things)
  4. among (a group)
  5. relations (between), relationship
  6. midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground
  7. (conjunction) (archaic) due to, because of

Example sentences

  1. 海外かいがいに住むす間あいだは両親りょうしんに時々ときどき連絡れんらくすることだ。

    You should get in contact with your parents sometimes while you're living overseas.

  2. アランと私わたしはしばらくの間あいだお互いたがに見つめみ合っあた。

    Alan and I looked at one another for a while.

  3. 私わたしが夕飯ゆうはんを作るつく間あいだ、 弟おとうとはテレビを見みていました。

    My little brother was watching TV while I was cooking dinner.