数時間(すうじかん)

すうじかん
noun
several hours; a few hours
1. several hours; a few hours
An indefinite number of hours, typically implying somewhere between two and five or six hours.
数時間(すうじかん)待(ま)った。
I waited for several hours.
手術(しゅじゅつ)は数時間(すうじかん)かかる見込(みこ)みだ。
The surgery is expected to take several hours.
停電(ていでん)で数時間(すうじかん)にわたって電気(でんき)が使(つか)えなかった。
Due to the power outage, electricity was unavailable for several hours.

A common time expression using the prefix 数(すう) (several) with the time counter 時間(じかん) (hours).

RELATED TIME EXPRESSIONS:

  • 数分(すうふん): several minutes
  • 数日(すうじつ): several days
  • 数週間(すうしゅうかん): several weeks
  • 数ヶ月(すうかげつ): several months
  • 数年(すうねん): several years

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 数時間(すうじかん)後(ご): several hours later
  • 数時間(すうじかん)前(まえ): several hours ago
  • 数時間(すうじかん)おきに: every few hours
  • 数時間(すうじかん)にわたって: for several hours (duration)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 何時間(なんじかん)か: some hours — slightly more vague
  • 二、三時間(にさんじかん): two or three hours — narrower range
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