かん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. interval; period of time
Adverb
Noun
Suffix
2. among; between; inter-
Noun
3. good opportunity; chance
4. estrangement; discord; alienation
5. spy; secret agent
Pitch accent
Top 15300
Used in vocabulary (146 in total)
time; hour; period; class
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
catch crop; intercropping
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
the world
night; nighttime
space; room; airspace
hair's breadth
moment; instant
half an hour; half hour
intermittence; intermittent
how many hours?
cross-national
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
in the meanwhile; during the time
minutes (period of)
short term; short time
24 hours; twenty-four hours
several years
interstage; inter-section; column space
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
internode
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
(period of) a year; during an era
period; term; interval
three days
(period of) one year
space; interval; space character; whitespace
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
several day period
a period of two days
long period (of time)
among the mountains
break in time; interruption; pause
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
interstellar
for the present; for the time being
for the present; for the time being
side road; shortcut
eating between meals; snacking
interval between the waves; gap between waves
interstellar
quiet conversation; gossiping; idle talk
thousand-year period
incubation period
interlude; intermezzo
between both countries; bilateral
interpersonal; between individuals
intergenerational
estrangement; alienation; sowing discord; driving a wedge
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; ICBM
interlude; intermission; insert chapter; special chapter
business-to-business; inter-business; inter-enterprise; B2B
portion of wall between two pillars; surface of a wall
hailing distance
interplanetary cruise; planetary travel
interpolation
among one's friends
counterintelligence
ligament
term of office; tenure; incumbency
intermolecular forces
same time (of day)
moment's leisure
(distance) between two cars
period of transition (e.g. from old to new system)
among countries; between countries
all over town
being liable to criticism
relations between individuals
interlude; intermezzo
intersex
(railroad) gauge
compound color; compound colour
intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM
startup (interval of) time
the interbrain; the diencephalon
intercellular
space between the teeth; interdental space
space between letters or characters; inter-character space
cross-cultural; intercultural
quiet conversation; gossiping; idle talk
interspecific; interspecies
interwar period (1918-1939)
period of ten days
intermetallic
intersubjective
interplanetary matter
same-sex marriage; gay marriage
InterProcess Communication
execution time; run time
interethnic; interracial; multiracial
multilateral; multi-party
distance between two points; distance between opposite supports of arch, bridge; span
mesenchyme
letter spacing; tracking
spatiotemporal space
eight-hour day
long period of time
between equipment
baryon-baryon interaction
spatio-temporal information science; time-space information science
between Japan and North Korea
artificial insemination by sperm from husband
Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome; TTTS
inter-location; inter-company; inter-office
compilation time
interswitch signalling
channel-to-channel adapter
CTCA; Channel To Channel Adapter
interchannel isolation
trunk; inter-office line
ISI; intersymbol interference
translation time
intergenerational
spacing between words
interbank transactions
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
interstitial cell
inter-animal
interjection
interphase death
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
intersubjectivity
eight-hour working day system
Examples (116 in total)
Two hours passed.
I was kept waiting for as long as two hours.
I lived here for three years.