すきま – Vocabulary details

すきま

Meanings

Noun

1. gap; opening; aperture; crevice; crack; chink; space

どこかに隙すき間まを見みつけようと思おもい、しばらく歩あるいた。I walked for a while, thinking I would find a gap somewhere.

2. spare moment; interval; break

スケジュールの隙すき間まに会かい議ぎを入いれた。I squeezed a meeting into a gap in my schedule.

3. unguarded moment; carelessness; chink in one's armor; weak spot

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

す

きま

Used in: 256

Composed of

すき

gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

ま

time; pause; space; room

Used in vocabulary (13 in total)

すきま風かぜ

draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons

すきまなく

closely; compactly; leaving no space

すきまかぜ

draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons

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Examples (10 in total)

ドアのすきまから明あかりがこぼれていた。

Light was showing through the gap in the door.

スケジュールのすきまに会かい議ぎを入いれた。

I squeezed a meeting into a gap in my schedule.

雨あめが屋や根ねのすきまからぽたぽた落おちていた。

The rain was dripping through a leak in the roof.

見みた感かんじ、ほとんどすきまがないわね。

From the look of it, there are hardly any gaps.

ドアのすきまから部へ屋やの中なかを覗のぞいた。

I peeked into the room through the gap in the door.

どこかにすきまを見みつけようと思おもい、しばらく歩あるいた。

I walked for a while, thinking I would find a gap somewhere.

カーテンのすきまから朝あさの明あかりが入はいってくる。

Morning light is coming in through the gap in the curtains.

少しょう女じょは狭せまいすきまから無む理りやり人にん形ぎょうを押おし出だしたらしい。

It seems the girl forced the doll out through the narrow gap.

大おお型がたのものでも三さんミリすきまがあれば入はいり込こむ。

Even large ones can fit in if there is a three-millimeter gap.

その光ひかりは、指ゆびのすきまから漏もれて辺あたりを青あおく照てらす。