(さんじゅっぷん)

さんじゅっぷん
noun
thirty minutes; half an hour
time-period
1. thirty minutes; half an hour
A period of time equal to thirty minutes or half of one hour.
三十分(さんじゅっぷん)()った
I waited thirty minutes.
(えき)まで三十分(さんじゅっぷん)かかる
It takes thirty minutes to the station.
あと三十分(さんじゅっぷん)()わる。
It will be over in thirty minutes.

三十分(さんじゅっぷん) means thirty minutes or half an hour.

Pronunciation

Both さんじゅっぷん and さんじっぷん are correct. The さんじっぷん reading follows the traditional sound change pattern, while さんじゅっぷん is more common in modern speech.

Alternative expressions

Counting minutes

The counter (ふん) has irregular sound changes:

  • 1(ぷん) (いっぷん), 3(ぷん) (さんぷん), 6(ぷん) (ろっぷん), 8(ぷん) (はっぷん), 10(ぷん) (じゅっぷん)
  • 2(ふん) (ふん), 5(ふん) (ごふん), 7(ふん) (ななふん), 9(ふん) (きゅうふん)