間
カン • ケン
あいだ • ま • あい
interval; space
Words
株仲間
かぶなかま
- merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period) n
中間法人
ちゅうかんほうじん
- intermediate corporation (abolished in 2008); semicommercial corporation; seminonprofit corporation n bus law
ついこの間
ついこのあいだ
- just the other day; quite recently exp n-t n-adv
一手間
ひとてま
- extra effort; one small touch; small twist n
世間の口
せけんのくち
- what people say; gossip; rumours; rumors exp n