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These two sentences seem to use the same pattern, yet differently:

> 親族 **間で** 複雑な対立関係がある。
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> 使用人たち **の間で** も、そう囁かれています。

I found that 間 could mean ''among'' in this case, but what is the difference
between the first usage of 間 and the second? I also presume that in the first
sentence, 間 is read 'かん', isn't it?

Would 親族の間で and 使用人間で work as well?
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Difference between の間で and 間で?
Well to me the meaning of the two expressions would be quite the same, but I
think some words don’t fit well in the expression “〜間(kan)”.

  * I suspect 和語 will generally fit well with “〜の間(aida)” △:人々間(Hitobito kan) ○:人々の間

  * I suspect “〜間(kan)” is used rather for a fixed expression Ex. 国家間、学校間、友人間

My advice is:

If you are not sure which to use, use “〜の間（aida）”, then you will be on the
safe side. I can’t come up with an example you can’t use this expression when
you can use “〜間(kan)”. (Maybe it is partly because, “kan” has a lot of
expressions with the same pronunciation, so “Aida” is preferred generally)

If you wish to make the expression shorter, use “〜間(kan)”.

Anyhow, I think you just need to know there are practically no differences in
meaning. (Although there might be some exception I can’t come up with right
now.)
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