間隔|かんかくkankaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounspace; interval
   バスは１５分ふん間隔かんかくで運転うんてんされている。↗

   There is a bus every fifteen minutes.
2. noun, computingspace character; whitespace

• Synonym間あいだWrittenWritten prose. A narrow space between two things, or a valley; often figurative, as in 「生と死の狭間」. 「間隔」 is a measurable distance or length of time.
• Synonym間合いまあいNeutralA well-judged distance or timing, as in 「間合いを取る」; common in martial arts and in pacing speech. 「間隔」 is an objective distance or duration.
• Synonym距離きょりNeutralThe length between two points, and by extension psychological distance, as in 「距離を測る」. 「間隔」 is more for spacing in repeated patterns or recurring time intervals.
• Related隙間すきまNeutralA narrow gap or crack, or a spare moment, as in 「ドアの隙間」. 「間隔」 is the distance between two things or time between events, not necessarily narrow.
• Related間まWrittenWritten prose. A narrow space between two things, or a valley; often figurative, as in 「生と死の狭間」. 「間隔」 is a measurable distance or length of time.
• Related隔たりへだたりWrittenWritten prose for distance or disparity, mostly abstract differences in opinion or understanding, as in 「意見の隔たり」. 「間隔」 is mostly concrete distance or time.
• Related空きあきNeutralAn empty space, vacant seat or free time, as in 「席の空き」 — the focus is on something not being occupied. 「間隔」 focuses on the distance between two things.
• Related隙すきNeutralA gap or spare moment, and also an opening someone can exploit, as in 「隙を見せる」. 「間隔」 covers only distance and time, with no sense of a weakness or flaw.
• Related間隙かんげきWrittenWritten prose. Gaps or crevices, and figuratively discord between people, as in 「間隙を縫う」. 「間隔」 is the distance or time between two things or events.
• Related空隙くうげきWrittenWritten prose, leaning technical (physics, geology): voids, pores, openings. 「間隔」 focuses on the distance separating two things.
• Related空き間あきまNeutralA void or vacant room; rare in modern Japanese — for a vacant room say 「空き部屋」. 「間隔」 is the distance separating two things.
• Antonym連続れんぞくNeutralAntonym: things happening one after another without a break, as in 「連続して起こる」 — the opposite of 「間隔」, where things are separated by space or time.

Use 「間隔」 for the distance or time between two things or events, as in 「一定の間隔で」. For a narrow gap or crack say 「隙間」; for plain length between two points say 「距離」; for a judged distance or timing say 「間合い」. 「間隙」「空隙」「狭間」「隔たり」 are written-style; 「空き」 and 「空き間」 point to empty space rather than spacing.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 物ものと物ものとの距離きょり。隔へだたり。（比喩（ひゆ）的ひゆてきに関係かんけいについて使つかう場合ばあいもある）
2. 事ことと事こととの間あいだの時間じかん。
3. 距離きょりを置おく。間隔かんかくを空あける。