Difficulties with 間

[Ncastaneda]

Hello everyone.

Today while doing Anki reviews if got to a sentences like this one:

その間に彼は居なくなっていました。

So the translated version goes as:
“He disappeared in the meantime”

So this time the correct reading was " かん". I was thinking “あいだ” … but then looking at the dictionary and some other examples, I don’t think I quite get when it’s one or the other reading.

So, could anyone explain if there’s any difference in the “ま”, “かん” and “あいだ” reading for the kanji 間 ??

[Leebo]

There’s no difference. Both readings exist and both are used. But the その is kind of thought of as being part of the word here. So include it in your lookup.

[Ncastaneda]

@Ncastaneda

その 間

Thanks. One leech less . I wish all my leeches where solved that easily.

The look up in 日本語辞典（現代国語、外来語） for その間 goes to “かん” the look up in jisho goes to “あいだ” .

Thanks a lot!