山間

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
山	間
さん Grade: 1	かん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さんかん [sàńkáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

山(さん)間(かん) • (sankan)

among the mountains

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
山	間
やま Grade: 1	あい Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
山あい

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やまあい [yàmááí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠a̠i]

Noun

山(やま)間(あい) • (yamaai)

among the mountains
山間(やまあい)の村(むら) ― yamaai no mura ― a village between mountains

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN