1.
half an hour, thirty minutes
A duration of thirty minutes.
半時間 means 'half an hour' (30 minutes) - a common duration expression.
ALTERNATIVE:
三十分/三十分間 (30 minutes) can also be used.
TELLING TIME:
For 'half past' the hour, use ~時半:
- 三時半: 3:30
- 八時半: 8:30
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 半時間後/後: in half an hour
- 半時間ぐらい: about half an hour
- 半時間待つ: to wait half an hour
DURATION PATTERN:
X時間半: X and a half hours
- 一時間半: 1.5 hours
- 二時間半: 2.5 hours
RELATED:
- 半: half
- 時間: hour, time