# 間 a period of time

門 (gate) + 日 (sun, day)
★★★★★
12 strokes
SUF

## Onyomi

KAN |

## Mnemonic

| It CAN take a period of time of up to a day to go from one gate (門) to the other.

## Kunyomi

あいだ | an interval of time - the time between event A and event B. ★★★★★
ま | gate - never used by itself, though. Only in jukugo - sort of like a second ONyomi. (see below!) NUBI ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

時間(じかん) | time ★★★★★ 時 (time) + 間 (a period of time) = 時間 (time)
間違い(まちがい) | a mistake ★★★★★ 1/2 KANA 間 (a period of time) + 違 (different and therefore wrong) = 間違い (a mistake) Verb form; 間違える！
ｘｘｘ 間(かん) | xxx amount of time ★★★★★ SUF xxx amount of time. You can't just say "one year" like in English. You have to add 'kan', the equivalent of saying, in English, 'one year's time.' for instance: 一年間 (いちねんかん）:one year's time 三週間 (さんしゅうかん）: three weeks' time With months, it gets even more complex: you have to add 間 at the end AND ヶ (pronounced 'ka') in the middle, like this: 三ヶ月間 (さんかげつかん）: three months' time
人間(にんげん) | human ★★★★☆ FP 人 (person) + 間 (a period of time) = 人間 (human)
に 間に合う(まにあう) | make it in time ★★★☆☆ 間 (a period of time) + 合 (to suit) = 間に合う (make it in time) to make it in time - catching your train or not being late for class (this is the main time you use the "MA" pronunciation)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
門 | gate | OPEN |
間 | a period of time | DAY | 日
問 | question, problem | MOUTH | 口

Gate has NOTHING IN THE CENTER, IT'S OPEN - so you can walk through it.

There is an interval of one DAY between things, and you ask a question with your MOUTH.

## Used In

- 簡

## Synonyms

crevice 隙間 裂け目
crotch また 股ぐら 股間 股上
differ 異なる 差 食い違い 相違 間隔 区別 距離
dummy, idiot, fool, doo doo dumb バカ 愚か 間抜け バカ面 ボケ あほ
friendship 仲良し 仲間
human 人類 人情 人間
instantly 瞬間 一瞬
mistake 間違え 誤り
period of time 時期 期間
plurals ~等 あいつ等 彼等 奴等 達 仲間達 人達 子供達
society, the world 世界 世の中 世間 社会 地球
spending time 時間が経つ 時間がかかる? 費やす 時間を過ごす 流れる