間間

Japanese

Kanji in this term
間	間
ま Grade: 2	ま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
間々

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ま​ま [máꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) まま [màmá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ma̠]

Adverb

間(ま)間(ま) • (mama) 

1. sometimes, occasionally; from time to time

   忘(わす)れること間(ま)間(ま)ある。

   Wasureru koto mama aru.

   Sometimes I forget.

Noun

間(ま)間(ま) • (mama) 

1. gap, interval