かん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. interval; period of time
The next three days are the decisive period.
Adverb
Noun
Suffix
2. among; between; inter-
For some time, there had been an uneasy atmosphere between the two groups.
Noun
3. good opportunity; chance
4. estrangement; discord; alienation
5. spy; secret agent
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (159 in total)
time; hour; period; class
night; nighttime
the world
space; room; airspace
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
moment; instant
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
how many hours
in the meanwhile; during the time
short term; short time
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
24 hours; twenty-four hours
minutes (period of)
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
intermittence; intermittent
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
period; term; interval
(period of) one year
space; interval; space character; whitespace
several day period
a period of two days
long period (of time)
several years
break in time; interruption; pause
among the mountains
interstellar
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
cross-national
for the present; for the time being
for the present; for the time being
interstage; inter-section; column space
side road; shortcut
half an hour; half hour
eating between meals; snacking
talking quietly; quiet conversation; idle talk
interval between the waves; gap between waves
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
interstellar
interlude; intermezzo
incubation period
between both countries; bilateral
thousand-year period
interpersonal; between individuals
estrangement; alienation; sowing discord; driving a wedge
intergenerational
interlude; intermission; insert chapter; special chapter
business-to-business; inter-business; inter-enterprise; B2B
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; ICBM
travelling incognito; occasionally making an appearance
hailing distance
interplanetary cruise; planetary travel
portion of wall between two pillars; surface of a wall
among one's friends
area between Osaka and Kobe (Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya)
intermolecular forces
interpolation
counterintelligence
term of office; tenure; incumbency
same time (of day)
moment's leisure
ligament
among countries; between countries
period of transition (e.g. from old to new system)
(distance) between two cars
relations between individuals
intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM
interlude; intermezzo
all over town
intersex
startup (interval of) time
being liable to criticism
(railroad) gauge
compound color; compound colour
the interbrain; the diencephalon
Around the World in Eighty Days (1873 novel by Jules Verne)
internode
catch crop; intercropping
intercellular
interspecific; interspecies
talking quietly; quiet conversation; idle talk
character spacing; space between letters or characters
space between the teeth; interdental space
cross-cultural; intercultural
interwar period (1918-1939)
execution time; run time
travelling incognito
intermetallic
period of ten days
intersubjective
interplanetary matter
multilateral; multi-party
same-sex marriage; gay marriage
InterProcess Communication
interethnic; interracial; multiracial
distance between two points; distance between opposite supports of arch, bridge; span
mesenchyme
letter spacing; tracking
spatiotemporal space
eight-hour day
long period of time
between equipment
baryon-baryon interaction
between Japan and North Korea
artificial insemination by sperm from husband
Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome; TTTS
inter-location; inter-company; inter-office
compilation time; compilation duration
interswitch signalling
trunk; inter-office line
ISI; intersymbol interference
translation time
intergenerational
spacing between words
interbank transactions
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
interstitial cell
inter-animal
interjection
interphase death
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
intersubjectivity
eight-hour working day system
men who have sex with men; MSM
women who have sex with women; WSW
space-time
interjectory particle (e.g. "yo", "ne", "sa")
inter-row space
space between floors of a building; space between stories
end-to-end encryption; E2EE
cold working (of metal); cold forming
interlobular artery
recurrent interosseous artery
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization; IMCO
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication; SWIFT
Examples (143 in total)
Two hours passed.
Close your eyes for three minutes.
I was kept waiting for as long as two hours.