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How to say 'Minutes' in Japanese | 分間

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The Japanese word for Minutes is 'Bunken', written as 分間 in Japanese.'Minutes' in hiragana is ぶんけん.

    word

    分間

    Meaning

    Minutes

    Reading

    ぶんけん

    bunken

    Kanji

    分Minute, Part 間Interval, Space

    Explanation

    The Japanese suffix '分間 (ぶんかん)' is used to indicate a duration of time in minutes. It is attached to a number to specify how many minutes something lasts or takes. For example: 10 minutes「10分間」(じゅっぷんかん). I waited for 30 minutes「30分間待った」(さんじゅっぷんかんまった). This suffix is commonly used in everyday conversation to talk about time durations, such as in schedules, cooking times, or waiting periods.

    Part Of Speech

    suffix

    Kanji JLPT

    Unknown

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    6606

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 分間

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    分

    Meaning

    Minute, Part

  • kanji

    間

    Meaning

    Interval, Space

Words Related to 分間 Through the Kanji 分

These 40 Words contain the Kanji 分 as well.

  • word

    自分

    Meaning

    Self

  • word

    分かる

    Meaning

    Understand

  • word

    部分

    Meaning

    Part

  • word

    分

    Meaning

    Part

  • word

    十分

    Meaning

    Enough

  • word

    多分

    Meaning

    Probably

  • word

    気分

    Meaning

    Mood

  • word

    半分

    Meaning

    Half

  • word

    分野

    Meaning

    Field

  • word

    分ける

    Meaning

    Divide, Separate

  • word

    随分

    Meaning

    Quite

  • word

    処分

    Meaning

    Disposal

  • word

    一部分

    Meaning

    Part

  • word

    春分

    Meaning

    Spring equinox

  • word

    秋分

    Meaning

    Equinox, Autumnal

  • word

    区分

    Meaning

    Division, Classification

  • word

    分かれる

    Meaning

    Divide, Split

  • word

    身分

    Meaning

    Status

  • word

    取り分け

    Meaning

    Especially

  • word

    成分

    Meaning

    Ingredient, Component

  • word

    分割

    Meaning

    Split, Division

  • word

    分布

    Meaning

    Distribution

  • word

    分子

    Meaning

    Molecule

  • word

    大分

    Meaning

    Considerably

  • word

    水分

    Meaning

    Moisture

  • word

    配分

    Meaning

    Distribution

  • word

    大部分

    Meaning

    Majority

  • word

    分解

    Meaning

    Disassembly, Analysis

  • word

    不十分

    Meaning

    Insufficient

  • word

    分配

    Meaning

    Distribution

  • word

    引き分け

    Meaning

    Draw

  • word

    分担

    Meaning

    Division

  • word

    当分

    Meaning

    Awhile

  • word

    分泌

    Meaning

    Secretion

  • word

    分類

    Meaning

    Classification

  • word

    分離

    Meaning

    Separation

  • word

    余分

    Meaning

    Extra

  • word

    分散

    Meaning

    Distribution, Dispersion

  • word

    分析

    Meaning

    Analysis

  • word

    分裂

    Meaning

    Split, Division

Words Related to 分間 Through the Kanji 間

These 31 Words contain the Kanji 間 as well.

  • word

    間

    Meaning

    Between

  • word

    時間

    Meaning

    Time

  • word

    人間

    Meaning

    Human

  • word

    年間

    Meaning

    Year

  • word

    この間

    Meaning

    Recently

  • word

    期間

    Meaning

    Period

  • word

    間違い

    Meaning

    Mistake

  • word

    週間

    Meaning

    Week

  • word

    仲間

    Meaning

    Companion

  • word

    空間

    Meaning

    Space

  • word

    瞬間

    Meaning

    Moment

  • word

    世間

    Meaning

    World, Society

  • word

    民間

    Meaning

    Private, Civilian

  • word

    間違う

    Meaning

    Mistake

  • word

    客間

    Meaning

    Guestroom

  • word

    日間

    Meaning

    Days

  • word

    時間割り

    Meaning

    Schedule

  • word

    中間

    Meaning

    Middle, Interim

  • word

    昼間

    Meaning

    Daytime

  • word

    間違える

    Meaning

    Mistake

  • word

    隙間

    Meaning

    Gap

  • word

    間に合わせる

    Meaning

    Make do

  • word

    間近

    Meaning

    Near

  • word

    間も無く

    Meaning

    Soon

  • word

    間に合う

    Meaning

    Suffice, Be in time

  • word

    間接

    Meaning

    Indirect

  • word

    洋間

    Meaning

    Western room

  • word

    手間

    Meaning

    Effort

  • word

    居間

    Meaning

    Living room

  • word

    夜間

    Meaning

    Night

  • word

    間隔

    Meaning

    Interval

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What does 'Bunken' (分間) mean?

'Bunken' means 'Minutes' .

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