(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)()ちました
I waited for one hour.
ここから(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)一本(いっぽん)バス()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 hours

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

Contrast with time

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

Common expressions