半日
also: はんじつ
Meanings
1
half a day; half day
Refers to a period of roughly half a day, either as a noun or adverbially. The reading はんにち is standard; はんじつ is a rarer, more formal variant.
I spent half a day cleaning.
I took a half-day off.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉に半日かかるto take half a day (to do something)
This task takes half a day.
- 半日休みを取るto take a half-day off from work or school
I took a half-day off today and went to the hospital.
- 半日で〈事〉を終えるto finish something within half a day
I finished writing the report in half a day.
- 半日がかりで〈動詞〉to spend a whole half-day doing something
I spent a whole half-day cleaning the garden.