Word Meaning

あいだ aida

間 is read as あいだ (aida) and means among (a group).

Meaning

English

  1. among (a group)
  2. between (two parties or things)
  3. due to
  4. because of
  5. relations (between)
  6. relationship
  7. period of time (during, while)
  8. duration

Reading

Kana

あいだ

Romaji

aida

Writing Variants

  • あわい awai

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Synonyms 空間,すき間,隙間,ゆとり,余地,余裕 Rank 412 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

間もなく

まもなく

having no time to ...

間食

かんしょく

eating between meals

間中

あいだじゅう

during

人間

にんげん

character (of a person)

年間

ねんかん

(period of) a year

時間

じかん

hour

中間

ちゅうかん

interim

この間

このかん

meanwhile

土間

どま

dirt floor

行間

ぎょうかん

line-spacing in text

長時間

ちょうじかん

long time

Example Sentences

10

ふたりのあいだにはふかいみぞがある。

There is a deep gap between the two of them.

かいぎとかいぎのあいだにじゅっぷんやすんだ。

I rested for ten minutes between meetings.

たなとたなのあいだにはこをいれた。

I put the box in the space between the shelves.

しばらくのあいだ、あめがつづいた。

It kept raining for a while.

つくえとかべのあいだはとてもせまい。

The space between the desk and the wall is very narrow.

ふたつのまちのあいだはくるまでいちじかんだ。

The distance between the two towns is one hour by car.

そのにてんのあいだにせんをひいてください。

Please draw a line between those two points.

なつやすみのあいだもまいにちにほんごをべんきょうした。

I studied Japanese every day during summer vacation.

このあいだ、えきでせんせいにあった。

I ran into my teacher at the station the other day.

Are you a morning person?