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半時間 (はんじかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

半はん時じ間かん

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Meanings

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noun

Dialectal (Kansai) and obsolete in standard Japanese. In modern standard Japanese, use 三十分 (さんじゅっぷん) or 半時間 is not used.

大おお阪さかのおばあちゃんは「半はん時じ間かん待まって」と言いうことがある。
Grandma in Osaka sometimes says 'Wait half an hour.'

Kanji

半half, middle, odd number
時time, hour
間interval, space

Similar words

三さん十じゅっ分ぷん
Standard Japanese for 'thirty minutes' or 'half an hour'. 半時間 is a dialectal/obsolete equivalent.

Etymology

Compound of 半 (half) and 時間 (time/hour). The reading はんじかん follows regular rendaku. The word is now dialectal/obsolete in standard Japanese.