ついこの間

ついこのあいだ

just the other day, quite recently

間の間

あいのま

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

間一髪のところ

かんいっぱつのところ

close call, narrow escape

のこのこ

unconcernedly, nonchalantly

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)

その間

そのあいだ そのかん

in the meanwhile, during the time

露の間

つゆのま ろのま

instant

次の間

つぎのま

antechamber, next room

茶の間

ちゃのま

living room (Japanese-style)

間の宿

あいのしゅく

resting place between inn towns (Edo period), town situated between two post towns

節の間

ふしのま

space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)

間の戸

あいのと まのと

door between the rooms

間の楔

あいのくさび

wedge (for securing objects together)