間ま

ま ma

space
room
time
pause

noun

Chinese meanings

间隙；时间

Examples

Furigana

鬼おにの居いぬ間まに洗せん濯たく。
When the cat is away, the mice will play.
趁鬼不在洗衣服；趁管事的人不在放松一下。
Tatoeba #182946

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8421f715e7'); // 間

{
  "id": "8421f715e7",
  "word": "間",
  "reading": "ま",
  "romaji": "ma",
  "meanings": [
    "space",
    "room",
    "time",
    "pause"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1215240,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "鬼の居ぬ間に洗濯。",
      "furigana": "{鬼|おに}の{居|い}ぬ{間|ま}に{洗濯|せんたく}。",
      "en": "When the cat is away, the mice will play.",
      "tatoeba_id": 182946
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "693b85e51f3b12b972e542a97d12ddd4749bba950fe6a4274010d9c62029d22e",
    "meanings": [
      "间隙",
      "时间"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "鬼の居ぬ間に洗濯。",
        "zh": "趁鬼不在洗衣服；趁管事的人不在放松一下。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/8421f715e7",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1215240; 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": "a760c8b6b706877811fb8b982a403485d515648f889c7504beb93006625c9145"
  }
}