一時間(いちじかん)

いちじかん
noun
one hour
time-general
1. one hour
A duration of sixty minutes. The basic unit for counting hours of duration.
一時間(いちじかん)待(ま)ちました。
I waited for one hour.
ここから駅(えき)まで一時間(いちじかん)かかります。
It takes one hour from here to the station.
一時間(いちじかん)に一本(いっぽん)バスが来(き)ます。
A bus comes once every hour.
I walk for one hour to get to school.
The movie was two and a half hours, but I got sleepy after one hour.

一時間(いちじかん) means "one hour" of duration.

Counting patterns

時間(じかん) is the counter for hours of duration:

Watch out

Example: 一時間(いちじかん)待(ま)った (waited one hour) vs. 一時(いちじ)に会(あ)う (meet at one o'clock)

Common expressions