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one hour
A duration of sixty minutes. The basic unit for counting hours of duration.
一時間待ちました。
I waited for one hour.
一時間 means "one hour" of duration.
COUNTING HOURS:
時間 is the counter for hours of duration:
- 一時間: one hour
- 二時間: two hours
- 三時間: three hours
- 何時間: how many hours?
CONTRAST WITH TIME:
- 時間: duration (how long)
- 時: time of day (o'clock)
Example: 一時間待った (waited one hour) vs. 一時に会う (meet at one o'clock)
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 一時間かかる: to take one hour
- 一時間半: one and a half hours