英和和英

読み方 あい

名詞

Interval （of time or space）; space （between things）:（=の） coming between （two things）

用例

• 机と机との間を明ける
  to leave spaces between the desks

• 仕事の間に読書する
  I read in the intervals of business.
• （いくらか）間を置いて
  at intervals （of...）
• 木が二間ずつ間を置いて植えてある
  The trees stands at intervals of twelve feet.
• 電車は五分ずつ間を置いて出る
  The cars leave at intervals of five minutes.
• 間の宿
  a half-way town―a half-stage―（between two stages）
• 間の狂言
  an interact
• 間の子
  a half-breed
  a half-caste

読み方 あいだ

名詞

1

（＝間｛ま｝）interval （of space or time）

用例

• 柱と柱の間
  intervals between the posts

• 食事と食事との間には物を食べない事にしている
  I make it a rule never to eat （in the intervals） between meals.
• 仕事の間に読書する
  I read in the intervals of business.
• 間を置いて
  at intervals
• 暫く間を置いて
  at short intervals
• 長く間を置いて
  at long intervals
• （いくらか）間を置いて
  at intervals of...
• 二間ずつ間を置いて木が植えてある
  The trees stand at intervals of twelve feet.
• 五分ずつ間を置いて電車が出る
  The cars start at intervals of five minutes.

2

（＝距離）space; distance

用例

• 東京と横浜の間は二十五マイルある
  The distance between Tokyo and Yokohama is twenty-five miles.

• 家と塀との間が六尺ある
  There is a space of six feet between the house and the wall.
• 間を開ける、間を透かす
  to leave spaces between
• この間が明き過ぎている
  The space is too wide.

3

（＝時）time; while

用例

• 久しい間であった
  It was a long time.

• 暫くの間であった
  It was a short time―a little while.
• 彼は東京へ来て間がない
  It is only a short time since he came to Tokyo.
• 汽車が出るまでだいぶ間がある
  It will be a long while before the train starts.
• 船が出るのはもう間がない
  It will not be long before the ship sails.
• ついこの間の事だ
  It happened the other day.
• ついこの間逢ったばかりだ
  It was only the other day, that I met him.
• その間に（話変って）
  Meanwhile,
  In the meantime,
  In the interim,...

4

（＝間柄）relation

用例

• 夫婦の間
  the relation between husband and wife

• 日本では親子の間が隔っているように見える
  In Japan, the relation between parent and child seems to be distant.
• 二人の間を裂く
  to estrange two friends―alienate two friends―come between two friends

前置詞相当語句

1

（＝二者の間）Between

用例

• 名古屋は東京と京都の間だ
  Nagoya lies between Tokyo and Kyoto.

• 両極端の間の中を取る
  to take （golden） mean between two extremes
• 夫婦の間に秘密はない
  There should be no secret between husband and wife.
• 二人の間に子ができた
  The couple had a child between them.
• 二人の間にできた子
  the child born to the couple
• 二人の間にできた子が有名な太郎
  The fruit of their union was the famous Taro.
• 二人の間に何事か（相談、打合せなどが）あったか
  Did anything pass between the two?
• 二人の間に入る、二人の間に立つ
  to go between―mediate between―intermediate between―intervene between―two parties
• 二人の間の邪魔になるもの
  Something stands between―lies between―the two.
• 二人の間に意志の疎通を欠いている
  No understanding subsists between the two
  A gulf lies between them.
• 貧富の間の意志が疎通せぬ
  The barrier of rank stands between the rich and the poor.
• 二人の間に狭まる
  to get between two
• 二人の間に挟って実に困った
  I find myself between two fires.
• 目と鼻の間にある
  It is （right） under your eyes―under your （very） nose.

2

（＝多くの物の間）Among

用例

• 敵は樹木の間に隠れた
  The enemy concealed themselves among the trees.

• 千軍万馬の間を往来する
  to fight many battles
• 千軍万馬の間を往来した古兵だ
  He is a veteran of a hundred battles.

3

（＝多くの異分子の間）Amidst

• 危険の間に立って冷静自若としている
  They are cool and steady amidst dangers―in the midst of dangers.

4

（＝時や距離の間）For

用例

• 暫時の間お待ち下さい
  Please wait for a little while.

• 久しい間英語をやっている
  I have been studying English for a long time.
• 汽車を降りて長い間人家が無い
  After leaving the train, you see no human habitation for a long distance.
• 幾里も幾里もの間野原続きだ
  A wild plain stretches for miles （and miles）.

5

（＝事の続く間）During

用例

• 休暇の間にいっぺん行っておこう
  I will go there once during the holidays.

• 戦争の間は商売を休んだ
  The business was closed during the war.

接続詞相当語句

1

［時］While; as long as

用例

• 戦争の続く間は物価は下らぬ
  The prices will not fall while the war lasts.

• 僕が飯を食う間待っているか
  Will you wait while I eat my dinner?
• 俺が生きている間はお前達に不自由はさせぬ
  You shall not want for anything as long as I live.

2

［理由］Since; as

用例

• 事情の斯くの如くに候間暫時お待ち下され度候
  Since such is the case,―（前置詞に訳せず）―Under these circumstances,―I request you will wait for a while.

• 準備の都合も有之候間諾否御一報願上候｛じゅんびのつごうもこれありそうろうあいだだくひごいっぽうねがいあげそうろう｝
  As we must make the necessary preparations,―（前置詞に訳せば）―In view of the preparations to be made,―I request you will let me know whether or no you will honour me with your acceptance.

3

［事由］That

• 明日は臨時休業仕候間此段御通知申上候｛みょうにちはりんじきゅうぎょうつかまつりそうろうあいだこのだんごつうちもうしあげそうろう｝
  I beg to inform you that the school will be closed tomorrow.

読み方 あわい

名詞

A space （between two objects）; an interval （between two occurrences）

読み方 かん

名詞

1

（＝あい）interval

用例

• 間髪を容れず
  It is instantaneous.

• その早きこと間髪を容れず
  It happens in the twinkling of an eye.
• その危険間髪を容れず
  The shot missed me by a hair's breadth
  I had a hairbreadth escape.
• 両国の関係は間一髪の危機に迫っている
  The relations between the two countries hang on a hair.

2

（＝仲違い）discord; disunion

• 両人間あり
  Something has come between the two.

3

（＝折）occasion

• 間に投じて説かん
  I will take occasion to talk to him.

前置詞相当語句

1

For （a long time）; during （a period）; in （a short time）

用例

• 五年間英語を研究した
  I have studied English for five years―（文章では）―during five years.

• 過去六十年間の日本の進歩は著しいものである
  Remarkable has been the progress made by Japan during the past sixty years.
• 建築は向こう二年間で竣工する
  The building will be completed in two years.
• 五分間
  for five minutes
• 五分間休憩
  a five minutes' recess
• 卵は何分間煮るのか
  How long must the egg boil?
• 何時間かかるか
  How long will it take?
• 試験は幾日間続くか
  How long does the examination last?
• 戦争は何年間続いたか
  How long did the war last?

2

Between （two）; among （three or more）

用例

• 京浜間の鉄道
  the railway between Tokyo and Yokohama

• 日支間の貿易
  the trade between Japan and China
• この新聞は実業家間に売れる
  The paper enjoys a large circulation among business-men.
• この雑誌は学生間に人気がある
  The magazine is in favour with students―a favourite with students.
• その悪習は日本の軍人間には行われない
  The vice does not prevail among Japanese soldiers.

読み方 けん

名詞

Six feet; two yards

• 間数
  length

読み方 ま

名詞

1

（＝室）a room; an apartment

用例

• 奥の間がある
  There is an inner room.

• 間を貸す
  to let apartments
• 貸間有り
  Apartment to let.
• 間を借りる
  to hire a room―rent a room
• この間を借りました
  I have taken this room.
• 間代
  room-rent
• 間代はいくら取るか
  What do they charge for the room?
• 間代をいくら払うか（間代はいくらか）
  What do you pay for your room?
• 間ごと間ごとに床の間と押入れが付いている
  Each room has its alcove and its press.
• 三間か四間の家が欲しい
  I want a three- or four-roomed house.
• 六間の二階立ての家がある
  There is a six-roomed, two-storied house.

2

（何に）間に合う

→『まにあう（間に合う）』

用例

• 用意する間が無かった
  I had no time for preparation.

• もうそうしている間が無い
  We have no time to do so.
• 飯を食う間も無い
  I have no time to eat.
• 忙しくて飯を食う間も無い
  I am too busy to eat.
• 試験までにはまだ間がある
  We have some time before the examination.
• 汽車が出るまでにはまだ間がある
  It will be some time before the train leaves.
• 汽車が出るまでにはもう間が無い
  It will not be long before the train leaves.
• 全快するにはまだ間がある
  It will be some time before I am well.
• 次の汽車が出るまでにはまだたくさん間がある
  We have plenty of time before the next train leaves
  It will be a long while before the next train leaves.
• 試験にはもう間がない
  We are near the examination
  We are within a few days of the examination
  The examination is close at hand.
• 日没にはもう間が無い
  We are near sunset
  We are not long from sunset
  Sunset is near.
• （何々する）間に
  while―when...
• 彼は留守の間に来た
  He called while I was out―when I was out.
• （何々せぬ）間に
  before...
• 鬼の来ぬ間に洗濯
  The washing must be done before the ogre comes―（に相当するは）―“When the cat is away, the mice will play.”
• 彼は仕事の間に読書する
  He reads in the intervals of business.
• 瞬く間に
  in a twinkling―in the twinkling of an eye
• 手術は瞬きする間にすむ
  The operation is over in a twinkling.
• あっという間に歯が抜けている
  The tooth is off before you can say Jack Robinson.
• いつの間にか、知らぬ間に
  before we know （where we are）
• いつの間にか用意ができていた
  All was ready before we knew where we were.
• 知らぬ間に飛んで行った
  The bird flew away before I knew.
• 間を見て行って来よう
  I will go when I have time.
• この間に行って来よう
  I will go now that I have time.
• この子はいたずらでちょっとの間も目が離されない
  I can not take my eyes off this child for a moment.

3

（＝隙間）space; gap

用例

• 間をふさぐ
  to stop the gap

• 柱と柱との間をふさぐ
  to fill the spaces between the posts
• 机と机との間を明ける
  to leave spaces between the desks

4

（＝用）business; purpose

間に合わせる→『まにあわせる（間に合わせる）』

• お間を欠かせてすみませんでした
  I am sorry to have failed you in need.

5

（＝運）luck

用例

• 間が好い、間が悪い
  to be lucky―unlucky

• なんて間が好いんでしょう
  How luck!
  What a stroke of luck!
• 間が好ければ千円も儲かることがある
  One may make a thousand yen if one is lucky.
• 間が好くちょうどに便船があった
  By good luck,
  As good luck would have it,
  I found a ship about to sail.
• 間が悪くその日に限って便船が出なかった
  By ill luck,―As ill luck would have it,―the daily steamer did not sail on that particular day.

6

（＝跋｛ばつ｝）

用例

• 間が悪い
  to be put out of countenance―embarrassed―confused―abashed

• あまり顔を見られて間が悪かった
  I was stared out of countenance.
• ずいぶん間が悪かった
  I was very much embarrassed.
• そう聞かれて間が悪かった
  I was embarrassed by the question―（他動詞構文にすれば）―The question embarrassed me.
• 彼は間の悪そうなふうをしている
  He is embarrassed in manner.
• あの人はどんなことがあっても間が悪いなんということが無い
  Nothing can abash him.
• 人中で間の悪い思いをした
  I looked foolish in company.

7

（＝音楽）Rest

用例

• 間が合わぬ、間が抜ける
  to be at discord―out of tune―wanting in harmony

• 間の抜けた男だ
  He is a stupid fellow.
• 君はずいぶん間の抜けたことをするね
  It is very stupid of you to do such a thing
  How stupid of you to do such a thing!