| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 分 | ふん / ぷん |
Pronunciation: bun
How to Say It Outloud: fun / pun
Usage: After the number, to indicate minutes. For example, 1 minute is いっぷん (ippun), 2 minutes is にふん (nifun), etc.
Example Sentence Japanese:
1分待ってください。
1分待ってください。Example Sentence English:Please wait for one minute.
Please wait for one minute.| Hiragana |
|---|
| みんえつ |
Pronunciation: mine(t)su
How to Say It Outloud: minetsu
Usage: Less common way to write minutes. Mostly used in old texts.
Dictionary
記録きろくCommon wordjlpt-n3
Noun- record; minutes; document
- record (e.g. in sports); results; score
Transitive verb
- to record; to document
Transitive verb
- to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value
- Recording
議事録ぎじろくCommon word
Noun- record of proceedings; minutes
分間ふんかんCommon word
Counter- minutes (period of)
会議録かいぎろく
Noun- minutes; proceedings
数分すうふんCommon word
Noun- several minutes; a few minutes
数分後すうふんご
NounAdverb (fukushi)
- a few minutes later; after a few minutes
数分間すうふんかん
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)- a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
１０分じっぷんjlpt-n1
Noun- 10 minutes
にふん
Noun- two minutes
ごふん
Noun- five minutes
なんぷん
Noun- what minute; how many minutes
予審調書よしんちょうしょ
Noun- minutes of a pre-trial hearing; records of a preliminary examination
数分以内すうふんいない
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Adverb (fukushi)
- within minutes
小半時こはんとき
Noun- approximately thirty minutes
さんぷん
Noun- three minutes
３０分さんじゅっぷん
Noun- thirty minutes; half an hour
八分はっぷん
Noun- eight minutes
- triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticeable triangular tail)
六分ろっぷん
Noun- six minutes
ミニッツミニッツ
Noun- minute (unit of time)
- instant; moment
- (meeting) minutes; record of proceedings
ファスト映画ファストえいが
Noun- unofficial online video summarizing a feature film (with still images or clips from the film)
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