1.
thirty minutes; half an hour
A period of time equal to thirty minutes or half of one hour.
三十分待った。
I waited thirty minutes.
駅まで三十分かかる。
It takes thirty minutes to the station.
あと三十分で終わる。
It will be over in thirty minutes.
三十分 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:
- 半: half — used instead of 三十分 in many contexts
- 三時半: 3:30 (telling time)
- 一時間半: one and a half hours
COUNTING MINUTES:
The counter 分 has irregular sound changes:
- 1分 (いっぷん), 3分 (さんぷん), 6分 (ろっぷん), 8分 (はっぷん), 10分 (じゅっぷん)
- 2分 (にふん), 5分 (ごふん), 7分 (ななふん), 9分 (きゅうふん)