(いちじかん)

いちじかん
noun
one hour
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.
It takes one hour from here to the station.
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:

  • 一時間(いちじかん): one hour
  • 二時間(にじかん): two hours
  • 三時間(さんじかん): three hours
  • 何時間(なんじかん): how many hours?

CONTRAST WITH TIME:

  • 時間(じかん): duration (how long)
  • (): time of day (o'clock)

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

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 一時間(いちじかん)かかる: to take one hour
  • 一時間(いちじかん)(はん): one and a half hours