時間

じかん · jikan · JLPT N5 · noun

time

⏰ 時間 = hour (時) + interval (間): a stretch between hours

時 (ji) means hour or o'clock, and 間 (kan) means a gap or span between things. Together they name time as a measurable stretch. The same word counts hours: 二時間 (ni-jikan) is two hours.

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