時間 (じかん) — time, hour
時間
time
Frequency #168
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 2
2 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. noun
time
jikan
じかん
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
じかん[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- time
- hour
Explained in simple Japanese
- 朝から 夜へと すすんで いく ながれ。
- 六十分の ながさ。
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Usage examples
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料理を入れる時間より、探したり歩いたりする時間が長いことに気づきました。
Ryouri o ireru jikan yori, sagashi tari arui tari suru jikan ga nagai koto ni kizukimashita.
She realized that she spent more time searching and walking than putting in the food.
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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.
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Grammar Points
Grammar patterns commonly used with 時間.