Vocab Info
N1 Expression, Noun, の-adjective
つかの間moment, brief time, brief, transient
Dictionary Definition
Common
Expression, Noun, の-adjective
1.
moment, brief space of time
All Forms
つかの間 【つかのま】、束の間 【つかのま】
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Examples
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アイドルとの握手会はつかの間の幸せだった。
The handshake event with the idol was a brief moment of happiness.
- N1
生まれてから一週間で亡くなるなんて、つかの間の命だ。
Passing away within a week of birth... What a brief life.
- N1
合格の知らせを受けたがそれは誤報だった。つかの間の喜びに終わった。
I received a notification that I passed, but it was a mistake. It ended as nothing more than a moment of joy.
- N1
つかの間でも、自分が父親である事を忘れるとは親としてあるまじき事だ。
Forgetting that you are a father, even for a brief moment, is unbecoming of a parent.
- N1
火事現場から逃げ出してホッとしたのもつかの間、財布を忘れた事に気づいた。
The relief felt from escaping the scene of the fire was brief when I realized I'd forgotten my wallet.
- N1
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