半日(はんにち)

はんにち
noun
half a day
time-general
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.

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

Related Words

Compare: 一日(いちにち) (a whole day)
Compare: 半月(はんつき) (half a month)
Related: 半年(はんとし) (half a year, six months)
Related: 半分(はんぶん) (half)
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Added 2026.5.24 11:02 · Revised 2026.10.10 4:21
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