束の間
N1つかのま tsukanoma
- moment
- brief time
- brief
- transient
expressionnounの-adjective
Chinese meanings
短暂;片刻
Examples
- がっかりしたことに、彼の勝利は、つかの間の勝利にすぎなかった。To my regret, his was nothing but a short-lived triumph.令人失望的是,他的胜利只持续了片刻。
- つかの間の平和の後でまた戦争が起こった。After a brief peace, war broke out again.短暂和平之后又发生了战争。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f908b2fcd8'); // 束の間
{
"id": "f908b2fcd8",
"word": "束の間",
"reading": "つかのま",
"romaji": "tsukanoma",
"meanings": [
"moment",
"brief time",
"brief",
"transient"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"exp",
"n",
"adj-no"
],
"jmdict_id": 1404490,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "がっかりしたことに、彼の勝利は、つかの間の勝利にすぎなかった。",
"en": "To my regret, his was nothing but a short-lived triumph.",
"tatoeba_id": 226358
},
{
"ja": "つかの間の平和の後でまた戦争が起こった。",
"en": "After a brief peace, war broke out again.",
"tatoeba_id": 202593
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "c602c524eb0d628d3569d34233995059cdb8b2de132e3f5cfab478f2072ff180",
"meanings": [
"短暂",
"片刻"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "がっかりしたことに、彼の勝利は、つかの間の勝利にすぎなかった。",
"zh": "令人失望的是,他的胜利只持续了片刻。"
},
{
"ja": "つかの間の平和の後でまた戦争が起こった。",
"zh": "短暂和平之后又发生了战争。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/f908b2fcd8",
"JMdict ent_seq 1404490; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "611a2604c6f0ac17955507930394ff332837271160e3aa42637c38196296937b"
}
}