半時間(はんじかん)

はんじかん
noun
half an hour
time-general
1. half an hour, thirty minutes
A duration of thirty minutes.
半時間(はんじかん)後(ご)に会(あ)いましょう。
Let's meet in half an hour.
歩(ある)いて半時間(はんじかん)ぐらいです。
It's about half an hour on foot.
半時間(はんじかん)待(ま)っても来(き)ませんでした。
They didn't come even after waiting half an hour.
毎日(まいにち)半時間(はんじかん)本(ほん)を読(よ)みます。
I read books for half an hour every day.
仕事(しごと)の前(まえ)に半時間(はんじかん)走(はし)って、朝(あさ)ごはんを食(た)べてから会社(かいしゃ)に行(い)きます。
I run for half an hour before work, eat breakfast, and then go to the office.

半時間(はんじかん) means 'half an hour' (30 minutes).

Similar words

三十(さんじゅっ)分(ぷん)/三十(さんじゅう)分間(ふんかん) (30 minutes) is the more common way to say it in everyday speech; 半時間(はんじかん) is correct but sounds a little bookish.

Watch out

For 'half past' the hour, use ～時(じ)半(はん):

Common expressions

COMMON PATTERNS (durations):
X時間(じかん)半(はん): X and a half hours

Related words

Related Words

Synonym: 三十分(さんじゅっぷん) (thirty minutes (the numeric equivalent))
Related: 時間(じかん) (hour, time)
Related: 半(はん) (half)
Compare: 一時間半(いちじかんはん) (one hour and a half)
Related: 二時間(にじかん) (two hours)
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Added 2026.1.7 21:23 · Revised 2026.10.8 15:22
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