Lingaku分【ふん】
Frequency rank: 293.
- minute (unit of time)
- fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 分【ふん】Frequency rank: 293.
- ふんFrequency rank: 2,278. – 2,280.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- minute (unit of time)
- fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
This meaning refers to a unit of time that equals 60 seconds, often used to measure short durations.
This meaning refers to a specific unit of weight, used historically in Japan, particularly in the context of measuring precious metals or other commodities.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ぶん分をとる取るto take a minuteすうふん数分まつ待つto wait for a few minutesいちふんかん一分間one minuteごぶん五分のきゅうけい休憩a five-minute breakさんじゅうふん三十分thirty minutesじゅうぶん十分なじかん時間sufficient timeいちふんかん一分間のすぴいちスピーチone-minute speechぶん分たんい単位でin minute unitsぶんかい分解するto decompose (into minutes)ぶんすう分数fraction (in the context of time)ぶん分がたつ経つto pass a minuteぶん分のけいさん計算calculation of minutes
Example sentences
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Try a 50 minute mock examination, and know just how good you really are.
In all the excitement the 30 minute show-time passed in a flash.
I said, "Five months worth of the Pill, please," and was told "Certainly."
8. ぷらいやあプライヤーし氏はぱりパリでのこうえん公演のりはあさるリハーサルちゅう中にくもまくかしゅっけつくも膜下出血でたおれ倒れ、しない市内のびょういん病院にはこばれました運ばれましたがごご午後よじ４時にじゅう さんぷん２３分いきをひきとりました息を引き取りました。
Mr Pryor collapsed with a subarachnoid haemorrhage when rehearsing for a performance in Paris. He was taken to local hospital but passed away at 4:23 pm.
Ah, the phone card's already running out.. See you in half an hour.
Microfibre cloth is cloth woven from fibres as narrow as a hundredth of the width of a hair.
Even making an international phone call from a mobile, if it's Mobila then you can do it for 20 Yen per minute.
Lightly weigh the tofu down, leave it for about 20 minutes then drain.
Taking into account the time I'd just spent napping, I'm really picking up the sense that this time's exam really won't be straight forward.
I feel smart today, to a degree that is in proportion to the amount of good rest I had yesterday.
We roast just enough beans for the amount we're going to drink, and grind them in the coffee mill.
Sharapova's shots are very fast but...a fast ball means that it will come back that much faster.
Here we have assembled only athletes who have broken 10 minutes but, as you can see, Hirayama's record is the slowest of the five people.