Kanji: 間

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	門 Radical name: もん
Meaning:	Interval, space
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 30 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	時間(じかん)	Time
N4	間(あいだ)	a space
N4	昼間(ひるま)	daytime, during the day
N4	間違(まちが)える	to make a mistake
N4	間(ま)に合(あ)う	to be in time for
N3	居間(いま)	living room (western style)
N3	期間(きかん)	period, term
N3	週間(しゅうかん)	week, weekly
N3	瞬間(しゅんかん)	moment, second, instant
N3	世間(せけん)	world, society
N3	手間(てま)	time, labour
N3	仲間(なかま)	company, fellow, colleague, associate
N3	人間(にんげん)	human being, man, person
N3	年間(ねんかん)	year
N3	間(ま)	space, room, time, pause
N3	間違(まちが)い	mistake
N2	貸間(かしま)	room to let
N2	間隔(かんかく)	space, interval, SPC
N2	間接(かんせつ)	indirection, indirectness
N2	客間(きゃくま)	parlor, guest room
N2	時間割(じかんわり)	timetable, schedule
N2	隙間(すきま)	crevice, crack, gap, opening
N2	中間(ちゅうかん)	middle, midway, interim
N2	床(とこ)の間(ま)	alcove
N2	寝間着(ねまき)	sleep-wear, nightclothes, pyjamas, nightgown, nightdress
N2	間(ま)も無(な)く	soon, before long, in a short time
N2	民間(みんかん)	private, civilian, civil, popular, folk, unofficial
N2	夜間(やかん)	at night, nighttime
N1	間柄(あいだがら)	relation(ship)
N1	合間(あいま)	interval
N1	空間(あきま)	vacancy, room for rent or lease
N1	何時(いつ)の間(ま)にか	before one knows, unnoticed, unawares
N1	区間(くかん)	section (of track etc)
N1	この間(あいだ)	the other day, lately, recently
N1	茶(ちゃ)の間(ま)	living room (Japanese style)
N1	昼間(ちゅうかん)	daytime, during the day
N1	束(つか)の間(ま)	moment, brief time, brief, transient
N1	間違(まちが)う	to make a mistake, to be incorrect, to be mistaken
N1	間(ま)もなく	soon, before long, in a short time