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
Kanji used
interval
Pitch accent
Top 1300
Used in vocabulary (156 in total)
time; hour; period; class
space; room; airspace
in the meanwhile; during the time
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
(period of) a year; during an era
period; term; interval
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
minutes (period of)
space; interval; space character; whitespace
how many hours?
short term; short time
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
night; nighttime
(period of) one year
several day period
a period of two days
24 hours; twenty-four hours
long period (of time)
(period of) one year
among the mountains
break in time; interruption; pause
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
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
a period of two days
side road; shortcut
half an hour; half hour
eating between meals; snacking
interval between the waves; gap between waves
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
thousand-year period
interlude; intermezzo
between both countries; bilateral
interpersonal; between individuals
intergenerational
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
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
quiet conversation; gossiping; idle talk
portion of wall between two pillars; surface of a wall
hailing distance
interplanetary cruise; planetary travel
among one's friends
interpolation
counterintelligence
term of office; tenure; incumbency
(distance) between two cars
same time (of day)
period of transition (e.g. from old to new system)
among countries; between countries
in the meanwhile; during the time
all over town
relations between individuals
being liable to criticism
moment's leisure
interlude; intermezzo
compound color; compound colour
(railroad) gauge
intermittence; intermittent
intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM
startup (interval of) time
the interbrain; the diencephalon
catch crop; intercropping
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
interethnic; interracial; multiracial
execution time; run time
InterProcess Communication
same-sex marriage; gay marriage
interjection
multilateral; multi-party
distance between two points; distance between opposite supports of arch, bridge; span
letter spacing; tracking
interstage; inter-section; column space
an intermittent fever
multilateral; multi-party
channel-to-channel adapter
between Japan and North Korea
inter-location; inter-company; inter-office
spacing between words
between equipment
interphase death
long period of time
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
spatio-temporal information science; time-space information science
interstitial cell
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
ISI; intersymbol interference
Examples (116 in total)
Two hours passed.
I was kept waiting for as long as two hours.
I lived here for three years.