間に合う

Meanings

1. to be in time (for)
2. to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough; to manage; to make do

Part of speech: godan verb (う), intransitive

Kanji

• 間

  Meanings

  interval, space

  On reading

  カン、ケン

  Kun reading

  あいだ、ま、あい

  Strokes

  12

• 合

  Meanings

  fit, suit, join, 0.1

  On reading

  ゴウ、ガッ、カッ

  Kun reading

  あ.う、-あ.う、あ.い、あい-、-あ.い、-あい

  Strokes

  6

Example sentences

• 汽車に間に合うように急げ。

  Hurry up in order to catch the train.

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• これで当分は間に合うでしょう。

  This will do for the time being.

  Tatoeba #218756 · CC BY 2.0 FR