一時間
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Meanings
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one hour
Standard noun for a duration of one hour. Often used with particles like に (per hour), で (in one hour), or 前/後 (one hour before/after).
It takes one hour to walk from here to the station.
Please come back in one hour.
Usage patterns
- 一時間かかるto take one hour (of time)
The meeting took one hour.
- 一時間で〈動詞〉to do something within the span of one hour
I can write this report in one hour.
- 一時間おきに〈動詞〉to do something at one-hour intervals
Please take the medicine every hour.
- 一時間も〈動詞〉to do something for as long as a whole hour (emphasizing length)
I waited a whole hour for the train.
- 一時間ほど〈動詞〉to do something for about an hour
I took a walk for about an hour.
- 〈時〉の一時間前にone hour before a specified time
I arrived one hour before the meeting.