楔

くさび

wedge, chock, linchpin, lynchpin

楔状

けつじょう

wedge-shaped, cuneate, cuneiform

氷楔

ひょうせつ

ice wedge

楔子

けっし

wedge, lynchpin, cotter

割り楔

わりくさび

split wedge

楔河豚

くさびふぐ

slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis); oblong sunfish

楔状骨

けつじょうこつ せつじょうこつ

cuneiform (bones)

間の間

あいのま

room connecting the two main rooms of a building, intermediate room

楔状文字

cuneiform (writing)

楔形文字

くさびがたもじ せっけいもじ けっけいもじ せっけいもんじ

cuneiform (writing)

奥の間

おくのま

inner room

木の間

このま

in the trees

板の間

いたのま

(room with a) wooden floor

鏡の間

かがみのま

room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare, greenroom (noh), mirror room

本の間

ほんのあいだ ほんのま

between the pages, between two books

間の子

あいのこ

person of mixed parentage, crossbreed, Eurasian, mulatto, hybrid

床の間

とこのま

tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

この間

このあいだ このかん

the other day, lately, recently, during this period

その間

そのあいだ そのかん

in the meanwhile, during the time