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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
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How to say "leave a gap"?
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.
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Also see the terms 余白 and しろ (ex. 縫いしろ). I'm not sure what your exact use case
is, but 間 seems more commonly used to describe spatial or temporal gaps
between things or events.
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