Word · 単語
隙間
Reading すきま
gap
- 1 gap, opening, aperture, crevice, crack, chink, space
- 2 spare moment, interval, break
- 3 unguarded moment, carelessness, chink in one's armor, weak spot
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例文 · examples
歯が抜けて隙間が空いていた。
His teeth had gaps.
男は壁の隙間からのぞいた。
The man peeped through a hole in the wall.
雨が屋根の隙間からぽたぽた落ちていた。
The rain was dripping through a leak in the roof.
酷使されている不法外国人労働者は制度の隙間にこぼれ落ちてしまうことが多いのです。
Mistreated illegal foreign workers often fall between the cracks of the social system.