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Where does “間” come from?

間 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 間.

間 (Japanese): interval; "suffixes some expressions of time to...

Definitions

  1. interval; "suffixes some expressions of time to...

Ancestry of “間”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese間—

Words derived from “間”

  • 昼間
  • 茶の間
  • 沼間
  • 間性
  • 間食
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