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時間じかん

jikan

time / hour

N5

How to remember this word

時間 is time you can count or run out of — an hour, free time, 時間がありません. Clock time, not the abstract flow of history.

Example sentences

Example 1

jikan ga arimasen

There is no time.

Example 2

gakkou made ichijikan kakarimasu.

It takes an hour to get to school.