(はんじかん)

はんじかん
noun
half an hour
1. half an hour, thirty minutes
A duration of thirty minutes.
半時間(はんじかん)()()いましょう
Let's meet in half an hour.
(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)()って()ませんでした
They didn't come even after waiting half an hour.
I read books for half an hour every day.
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) - a common duration expression.

ALTERNATIVE:
三十(さんじゅっ)(ぷん)/三十(さんじゅう)分間(ふんかん) (30 minutes) can also be used.

TELLING TIME:

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

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

DURATION PATTERN:

X時間(じかん)(はん): X and a half hours

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