束のつかのま (tsukanoma)

moment, brief time, brief, transient

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Meaning

束の間 (つかのま, tsukanoma) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “moment, brief time, brief, transient”.

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Example sentences 8

プロジェクトが わった よろこびもつかの また あらたな 仕事しごとまかされた

The joy at finishing the project was short-lived as I was given a new task to do.

束の間唇を解き、従卒は答えた。

answered the orderly, loosening his lips for a moment.

つかの 平和へいわのちでまた 戦争せんそう こった。

After a brief peace, war broke out again.

かれのつかの 休息きゅうそく彼女かのじょがきて 中断ちゅうだんされた。

His brief repose was interrupted by her arrival.