半日(はんにち)

はんにち
noun
half a day
1. half a day
Half of a day — either a morning or an afternoon, or simply a stretch of roughly four to six hours.
半日(はんにち)休(やす)みを取(と)った。
I took half a day off.
掃除(そうじ)に半日(はんにち)もかかった。
The cleaning took a whole half day.
午前中(ごぜんちゅう)だけ回(まわ)る半日(はんにち)コースのツアーに参加(さんか)した。
I joined a half-day tour that goes around only in the morning.

Can mean a morning or an afternoon specifically, or just a span of about half a day's time.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 半日(はんにち)かかる: to take half a day
  • 半日(はんにち)休(やす)み: a half-day off
  • 半日(はんにち)コース: half-day course or tour

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 一日(いちにち): a whole day
  • 半月(はんつき): half a month

Also read 半日(はんじつ) in some compounds, but はんにち is the everyday reading.

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