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間髪を入れず間髪をいれず間髪を容れず
かんはつをいれずかんぱつをいれず [ik]
1. [exp]
▶ immediately
▶ instantly
▶ with nary a pause
▶ without a moment's delay
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2857023 間髪おかず【かんはつおかず】 1. immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
  ⇐ see: 2841069 間髪入れず【かんはついれず】 1. immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
  ⇐ see: 1215360 間一髪を入れず【かんいっぱつをいれず】 1. immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
  ⇐ see: 2683230 間髪【かんぱつ】 1. immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
  ⇐ see: 2843553 髪【はつ】 1. hair (on the head); tresses; locks



History:
9. A 2019-08-16 02:00:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2019-08-16 00:58:41  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog
  Comments:
I don't like "practically immediately after" as a gloss.
  Diff:
@@ -25 +25 @@
-<gloss>practically immediately after</gloss>
+<gloss>without a moment's delay</gloss>
7. A 2019-07-31 23:04:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 間髪をいれず 〔即座に〕 in (less than) no time; quick as a flash
間髪を入れず	14839
間髪を容れず	703
間髪をいれず	4586
  Diff:
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>間髪を容れず</keb>
+<keb>間髪をいれず</keb>
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<keb>間髪をいれず</keb>
+<keb>間髪を容れず</keb>
@@ -21,0 +22,2 @@
+<gloss>immediately</gloss>
+<gloss>instantly</gloss>
@@ -23 +24,0 @@
-<gloss>instantly</gloss>
6. A* 2019-07-31 20:15:08 
  Refs:
"In a flash", "in no time" sounds like they describe the rapid speed of the action that follows, when the expression is only about the immediacy of its beginning. This is why I removed them.
5. A* 2019-07-31 19:52:40 
  Refs:
大辞泉 + 大辞林
  Comments:
I believe this is only used to describe the - lack of a - pause between a sequence of events, such as a question (event 1) and a response (event 2).
  Diff:
@@ -22,2 +22,3 @@
-<gloss>in no time</gloss>
-<gloss>in a flash</gloss>
+<gloss>with nary a pause</gloss>
+<gloss>instantly</gloss>
+<gloss>practically immediately after</gloss>
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