食間

食間

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	間
しょく > しょっ Grade: 2	かん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
食	間
しょく Grade: 2	かん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しょっかん [shòkkáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞k̚kã̠ɴ]

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しょくかん [shòkúkáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝkã̠ɴ]

Noun

食間 (hiragana しょっかん, rōmaji shokkan, alternative reading しょくかん, rōmaji shokukan)

1. between meals
2. while eating

Coordinate terms

• 食 (しょっ)間 (かん) (shokkan, “between meals”), 食前 (しょくぜん) (shokuzen, “before eating”), 食後 (しょくご) (shokugo, “after eating”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN