間に合う・間にあう|まにあうmaniau[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, intransitive verbto be in time (for)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough; to manage; to make do
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 間に合う(まにあう) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 間に合います(まにあいます) |
| Negative (nai) | 間に合わない(まにあわない) |
| polite (masen) | 間に合いません(まにあいません) |
| classical zu / nu | 間に合わず・間に合わぬ(まにあわず・まにあわぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 間に合った(まにあった) |
| polite (mashita) | 間に合いました(まにあいました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 間に合わなかった(まにあわなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 間に合いませんでした(まにあいませんでした) |
| Te form | 間に合って(まにあって) |
| Potential | 間に合える(まにあえる) |
| Passive | 間に合われる(まにあわれる) |
| Causative | 間に合わせる(まにあわせる) |
| Causative passive | 間に合わせられる・間に合わされる(まにあわせられる・まにあわされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 間に合えば(まにあえば) |
| tara | 間に合ったら(まにあったら) |
| Volitional | 間に合おう(まにあおう) |
| polite (mashou) | 間に合いましょう(まにあいましょう) |
| Imperative | 間に合え(まにあえ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related間に合わせるまにあわせるNeutralNeutral. Transitive verb: to make do with what you have or get something done/ready by a deadline, as in 「あるもので間に合わせる」. 間に合う is intransitive.
- Related足るたるWrittenWritten/formal prose. A literary form of 「足りる」, seen mostly in set phrases like 「取るに足らない」 and 「信頼に足る」. Does not express being in time.
- Related足りるたりるNeutralNeutral. Says a quantity is enough, as in 「お金が足りる」; common in daily speech. Overlaps with 間に合う only in the 'enough' sense, never the 'in time' sense.
- Related事足りることたりるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means to suffice or be enough to get something done, as in 「電話で事足りる」. Covers only the 'enough' sense of 間に合う, never being in time.
- Antonym遅れるおくれるNeutralNeutral. The opposite of 間に合う in the 'in time' sense: to be late or fall behind, as in 「約束に遅れる」 and 「電車に乗り遅れる」.
- Antonym間に合わないNeutralNeutral. The negative form of 間に合う: to miss a deadline or fall short, usable in speech and writing alike, as in 「締め切りに間に合わない」.
Use 「間に合う」 by default for making it in time or being enough. For making do or finishing by a deadline use 「間に合わせる」; for a quantity being enough, 「足りる」; in formal prose, 「事足りる」. Being late is 「遅れる」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


