カン
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. interval; period of time
Adverb
Noun
Suffix
2. among; between; inter-
Noun
3. good opportunity; chance
4. estrangement; discord; alienation
5. spy; secret agent
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (158 in total)
interstage; inter-section; column space
time; hour; period; class
interval between the waves; gap between waves
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
hailing distance
space; room; airspace
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
the world
in the meanwhile; during the time
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
period; term; interval
(period of) one year
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
space; interval; space character; whitespace
minutes (period of)
short term; short time
how many hours
night; nighttime
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
24 hours; twenty-four hours
several day period
a period of two days
long period (of time)
several years
break in time; interruption; pause
among the mountains
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
cross-national
moment; instant
for the present; for the time being
for the present; for the time being
interstellar
side road; shortcut
eating between meals; snacking
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
talking quietly; quiet conversation; idle talk
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
thousand-year period
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
interstellar
interlude; intermezzo
incubation period
between both countries; bilateral
interpersonal; between individuals
intergenerational
estrangement; alienation; sowing discord; driving a wedge
interlude; intermission; insert chapter; special chapter
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; ICBM
business-to-business; inter-business; inter-enterprise; B2B
travelling incognito; occasionally making an appearance
interplanetary cruise; planetary travel
portion of wall between two pillars; surface of a wall
area between Osaka and Kobe (Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya)
among one's friends
interpolation
counterintelligence
term of office; tenure; incumbency
moment's leisure
ligament
intermolecular forces
same time (of day)
period of transition (e.g. from old to new system)
intermittence; intermittent
(distance) between two cars
among countries; between countries
all over town
intersex
intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM
interlude; intermezzo
being liable to criticism
relations between individuals
startup (interval of) time
(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
cross-cultural; intercultural
talking quietly; quiet conversation; idle talk
character spacing; space between letters or characters
space between the teeth; interdental space
interwar period (1918-1939)
execution time; run time
travelling incognito
intermetallic
period of ten days
intersubjective
interplanetary matter
same-sex marriage; gay marriage
InterProcess Communication
interethnic; interracial; multiracial
multilateral; multi-party
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 (133 in total)
Two hours passed.
I was kept waiting for as long as two hours.
I have been constipated for three days.