この間 – Vocabulary details

この間かん

Adverb

Noun

1. the other day; lately; recently; during this period

この間あいだお勉べん強きょうしたばかりでは？Didn't you just study the other day?

2. meanwhile; in the meantime

when read as "このかん"

十じゅう年ねんが過すぎたが、この間かん、彼かれは一いち度ども帰かえってこなかった。Ten years went by, and in all that time he never once came home.

interval

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

この間あいだはごめんなさい。

I'm sorry about the other day.

彼かれは、この間あいだあなたが会あった人ひとですよ。

He is the man you met the other day.

デートってもしかしてこの間あいだ話はなしていた人ひと？

Is the date perhaps with the person you were talking about the other day?

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