木の間 (Konoma): in the Trees

Meaning

English

in the trees

Reading

Kana

このま

Romaji

ko no ma

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 118850 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

木

き

wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

Example Sentences

1

其の日は一日淋しいペンの音を聞いて暮した。其の間には折々千代々々と云う声も聞えた。文鳥も淋しいから鳴くのではなかろうかと考えた。然し縁側へ出て見ると、二本の留り木の間を、彼方へ飛んだり、此方へ飛んだり、絶間なく行きつ戻りつしている。少しも不平らしい様子はなかった。

I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.

Word Meaning 木の間