あっという間

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of あっという間 – see the following entry.
あっと
blink of an eye, in nothing flat (a very short period of time)
(This term, あっという間, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)