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.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 tourSimilar words一日(いちにち): a whole day半月(はんつき): half a monthAlso 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) general Added 2026.5.24 11:02 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02 27500/27978_hannichi