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

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

(Tokyo) しょくかん [shòkúkáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟kã̠ɴ]

Noun

食(しょっ)間(かん) or 食(しょく)間(かん) • (shokkan or shokukan)

between meals
while eating

Coordinate terms

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN