数すう時じ間かん

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Meanings

Refers to an approximate number of hours, typically more than two but not many. The exact number is vague and context-dependent.

〈事こと〉に数すう時じ間かんかかるto take a few hours (to do something)
この作さ業ぎょうには数すう時じ間かんかかる。
This task takes a few hours.
数すう時じ間かん後ごに〈事こと〉a few hours later, ~ happens
数すう時じ間かん後ごに電でん話わがかかってきた。
A few hours later, I got a phone call.
数すう時じ間かん前まえに〈事こと〉a few hours before, ~ happened
数すう時じ間かん前まえに彼かれはここに到とう着ちゃくした。
He arrived here a few hours earlier.
数すう時じ間かんにわたって〈動どう詞し〉over a period of several hours, ~ (continued action)
会かい議ぎは数すう時じ間かんにわたって続つづいた。
The meeting continued for several hours.
数すう時じ間かん〈動どう詞し〉to do something for a few hours
病びょう院いんで数すう時じ間かん待またされた。
I was made to wait for several hours at the hospital.