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''Ma'' (間) is a Japanese word which can be roughly translated as "gap", "space", "pause" or "the space between two structural parts."〔( Japanese language definition )〕〔http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/jgard/msg100248139141.html〕〔http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/Ne.html〕〔http://www.mfj-online.org/journalPages/MFJ38/iimura.html〕 The spatial concept is experienced progressively through intervals of spatial designation. In Japanese, ''ma'', the word for space, suggests interval. It is best described as a consciousness of place, not in the sense of an enclosed three-dimensional entity, but rather the simultaneous awareness of form and non-form deriving from an intensification of vision. Ma is not something that is created by compositional elements; it is the thing that takes place in the imagination of the human who experiences these elements. Therefore, ma can be defined as experiential place understood with emphasis on interval.〔()〕 ==Word== Among English loanwords of Japanese origin, both ''Ma (negative space)'' and ''Ken (architecture)'' are written with the same character 間. This Japanese ''kanji'' "Chinese character" 間 graphically combines 門 "door" and 日 "sun". The earlier variant character 閒 was written with 月 "moon" rather than "sun", depicting "A 門 door through the crevice of which the 月 moonshine peeps in".〔Bernhard Karlgren, ''Analytic Dictionary of Chinese and Sino-Japanese'', Paul Geunthner, 1923, p. 130.〕 The diverse Japanese pronunciations of 間 include ''on'yomi'' Sino-Chinese readings (from ''jian'' 間 or 间 "room; between; gap; interval") of ''kan'' "interval; space; between; among; discord; favorable opportunity" or ''ken'' "six feet"; and ''kun'yomi'' native Japanese readings of ''ai'' "interval; between; medium; crossbred", ''aida'' or ''awai'' "space; interval; gap; between; among; midway; on the way; distance; time; period; relationship", or ''ma'' "space; room; interval; pause; rest (in music); time; a while; leisure; luck; timing; harmony".〔John H. Haig, ''The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary'', Tuttle, 1997, p. 1132.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ma (negative space)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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