間合い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
間	合
ま Grade: 2	あ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
間合

Etymology

間(ま) (ma) + 合(あ)い (ai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まあい [màáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ma̠a̠i]

May be pronounced with an epenthetic /w/ to break the hiatus; compare 場合(ばあい) (baai).

Noun

間(ま)合(あ)い • (maai) ^{←まあひ (maafi)^?}

distance (between two things)
the right time (to do something)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN