(びょう)

びょう
counter
seconds
1. seconds
A counter for seconds of time.
Wait ten seconds.
Thirty seconds left.
How many seconds did it take?
六十(ろくじゅう)(びょう)(いっ)(ぷん)です
Sixty seconds is one minute.
This watch doesn't lose even a second, so it's very accurate.

COUNTING:

  • (いち)(びょう), ()(びょう), (さん)(びょう)...
  • (なん)(びょう): how many seconds?
  • Pronunciation is regular (no sound changes)

TIME UNITS:

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • (いち)(びょう)無駄(むだ)にしない: not waste a second
  • (すう)(びょう): several seconds
  • 秒速(びょうそく): per second (speed)
  • 秒針(びょうしん): second hand (of clock)

In casual speech, small time amounts may omit the counter.