Definition of 間-く
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
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(n-adv, n) space (between); gap; interval; distance
あなたはメグと私の間に座ることになっています。
You are sitting between Meg and me. - (n-adv, n-t) time (between); pause; break
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(n-adv, n, n-t) span (temporal or spatial); stretch; period (while)
あなたはどのくらいの間、神戸に住んでいますか。
How long have you lived in Kobe? -
(n-adv, n) relationship (between, among)
１９７８年に日本と中国との間に平和条約が結ばれた。
In 1978 a peace treaty was concluded between Japan and China. - members (within, among)
- (conj) due to; because of
- (n) space; room; time; pause
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(n, n-suf) section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
彼はその句の文字どおりの意味を説明した。
He explained the literal meaning of the phrase. -
(ling) phrase
この句では前置詞を省略できる。
You can omit the preposition in this phrase. - verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
- haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
- maxim; saying; idiom; expression
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(n) ward; district; section
英国の南東区は人口密度が高い。
The South East region of England is densely populated.
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
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(num) nine
彼は「九時だ」と言った。
He said, "It's nine o'clock."
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) quadrature
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
