How to say "leave a gap"?


As in instructions for making something. Like "leave a gap on the left side"
or "leave gaps on both sides" 「左側に間をする」 「両側に間をする」 I'm guessing this is like
"do a space" which makes no sense




The verb you need is
[空【あ】ける](http://jisho.org/search/%E9%96%93%E3%82%92%E7%A9%BA%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B).

>   * 左側に間を空ける
>   * 両側に間を空ける
>

間をする makes no sense.




The verb you need is
[空【あ】ける](http://jisho.org/search/%E9%96%93%E3%82%92%E7%A9%BA%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B).

>   * 左側に間を空ける
>   * 両側に間を空ける
>

間をする makes no sense.

