間間

Japanese

Kanji in this term
間	間
ま Grade: 2	ま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
間々

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まま [máꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) まま [màmá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ma̠ma̠]

Adverb

間(ま)間(ま) • (mama)

sometimes, occasionally; from time to time
忘(わす)れること間(ま)間(ま)ある。
Wasureru koto mama aru.
Sometimes I forget.

Noun

間(ま)間(ま) • (mama)

gap, interval

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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