秒 (byou) Japanese meaning: second (unit of time) | KotomoraIt will finish in 10 seconds.
He ran 100 meters in 11 seconds.
Usage patterns
秒を争うto be a matter of seconds; extremely urgent
The surgery was a situation where every second counted.
〈数〉秒差で〈動詞〉by a margin of ... seconds
He won by a margin of 0.1 seconds.
秒単位で〈動詞〉on a per-second basis; down to the second
This system records time down to the second.
〈数〉秒かかるit takes ... seconds
It takes 3 seconds for this app to start up.
Expressions
秒でin an instant; in a flash; right away
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moment; instant; a matter of seconds
a moment; an instant
a few seconds; several seconds
number of seconds
instant win; defeat in seconds; one-shot kill
arcsecond; second of arc
leap second
nanosecond; ns
picosecond
