N31449/1669

間ま

nounnoun (generic)

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ま

Meanings

  • time, pause
  • space
  • room

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Example sentences

少すこし間まを置おいてから答こたえてください。

Please pause for a moment before answering.

二人ふたりの間まには長ながい沈黙ちんもくがあった。

There was a long silence between the two of them.

この部屋へやは間まがよく取とれていて広ひろく感かんじる。

This room feels spacious because the spacing is well arranged.

舞台ぶたいの役者やくしゃは間まを大切たいせつにして演えんじていた。

The actor on stage performed with careful attention to timing and pauses.

彼女かのじょの話はなし方かたは間まが絶妙ぜつみょうで、聴衆ちょうしゅうを引ひきつけた。

Her way of speaking had exquisite timing and captivated the audience.

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

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節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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文ぶん

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

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値ね

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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象ぞう

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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