十分間 Ten Minutes

Meaning

Primary

Ten Minutes

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You've got a ten minute interval of time. That simply makes this ten minutes.

Note that, as we mentioned on the page for 〜間, you can omit 間 and this will still mean ten minutes! You'll especially see this in conversations and more casual contexts.

Reading

じゅっぷんかん

じっぷんかん

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which means on'yomi readings from the kanji. You do know all of those, but their behaviour is a little different here. 十 (じゅう) and 分 (～ふん) together actually turn into じゅっぷん here. This is sometimes the case when using ～分 to mean "minute" in combination with certain numbers, so try to pay attention to this!

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 十分間〜

  十分間休む

  to rest for ten minutes

  十分間歩く

  to walk for ten minutes

  十分間走る

  to run for ten minutes

• 十分間で〜

  十分間で出来る

  can be done in ten minutes

Context Sentences

ここで十分間休みましょう。

Let's rest here for ten minutes.

十分間だけゲームしていい？

Can I play a game just for ten minutes?

十分間あれば出来ると思いますよ。

I think I can do it if I have ten minutes.

Kanji Composition

1. 十

   じゅう Ten
2. 分

   ぶん Part
3. 間

   かん Interval