三時間(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 三(さん). 三時間(さんじかん)寝(ね)た。🔊 I slept for three hours. この映画(えいが)は三時間(さんじかん)近(ちか)くある。🔊 This film is nearly three hours long. 渋滞(じゅうたい)のせいで、空港(くうこう)まで三時間(さんじかん)もかかってしまった。🔊 Because of the traffic jam, it took a full three hours to get to the airport. 三(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)Common collocations三時間(さんじかん)かかる: to take three hours三時間(さんじかん)以内(いない): within three hours三時間(さんじかん)半(はん): three and a half hours三時間(さんじかん)待(ま)つ: to wait three hoursRelated words一時間(いちじかん): one hour二時間(にじかん): two hours Related Words Related: 一時間(いちじかん) (one hour) Related: 二時間(にじかん) (two hours) general Added 2026.8.8 3:18 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02 30000/30478_sanjikan