(さんじかん)

さんじかん
noun
three hours
time-general
1. three hours
A duration of three hours. Formed with 時間(じかん) (hour, duration) used as a counter after (さん).
三時間(さんじかん)()
I slept for three hours.
この映画(えいが)三時間(さんじかん)(ちか)ある
This film is nearly three hours long.
渋滞(じゅうたい)せい空港(くうこう)まで三時間(さんじかん)かかってしまった。
Because of the traffic jam, it took a full three hours to get to the airport.

(さん) (three) + 時間(じかん) (hour, duration). No sound change: さんじかん, not さんじっかん.

DURATION VS. TIME POINT:

  • 三時間(さんじかん): a duration of three hours
  • 三時(さんじ): three o'clock (the time point)

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