"時間" meaning in Japanese

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IPA: [d͡ʑikã̠ɴ] Forms: 時間 [canonical] (ruby: (), (かん)), -jikan [romanization]
Etymology: Probably originally borrowed from Middle Chinese compound 時間 (dzyi kɛn, literally “time interval”). Repurposed in the early Meiji period as a translation of the western term time in relation to philosophy in the 1881 publication of 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophy Dictionary”) compiled by Inoue Tetsujirō. The meaning "hour" can be analyzed as a compound of 時(じ) (-ji, “o'clock”) + 間(かん) (-kan, time interval suffix). Compare other terms formed with the suffix 間(かん) (-kan) like 三(さん)分(ぷん)間(かん) (sanpunkan) and 三日(みっか)間(かん) (mikkakan). The reading is a mix of the goon reading ji and the kan'on reading kan, suggesting either that the reading changed after borrowing (from the expected goon pronunciation of jiken or the expected kan'on pronunciation of shikan), or that this term was independently coined in Japanese after the constituent terms 時(じ) (ji) and 間(かん) (kan) were borrowed. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=じかん}} Middle Chinese, {{m|ltc|時間|lit=time interval|tr=dzyi kɛn}} 時間 (dzyi kɛn, literally “time interval”), {{m|en|time}} time, {{m|ja|哲学字彙||Philosophy Dictionary|tr=Tetsugaku Jii}} 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophy Dictionary”), {{ja-compound|時|-じ|間|-かん|pos2=time interval suffix|t1=o'clock}} 時(じ) (-ji, “o'clock”) + 間(かん) (-kan, time interval suffix), {{ja-r|間|-かん}} 間(かん) (-kan), {{ja-r|三%分%間|さん%ぷん%かん}} 三(さん)分(ぷん)間(かん) (sanpunkan), {{ja-r|三日%間|みっか%かん}} 三日(みっか)間(かん) (mikkakan), {{ja-r|時|じ}} 時(じ) (ji), {{ja-r|間|かん}} 間(かん) (kan) Head templates: {{ja-pos|counter|じかん}} 時(じ)間(かん) • (-jikan)
  1. an hour-long period
    Sense id: en-時間-ja-counter-K2nvZ6bu Categories (other): Japanese counters, Japanese terms suffixed with 時, Japanese terms suffixed with 間 Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 10 10 10 0 27 10 10 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 時: 40 7 7 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 間: 40 7 7 47 Related terms: 一時間 (ichijikan) (ruby: (いち), (), (かん)), 二時間 (nijikan) (ruby: (), (), (かん)), 三時間 (sanjikan) (ruby: (さん), (), (かん)), 四時間 (yojikan) (ruby: (), (), (かん)), 五時間 (gojikan) (ruby: (), (), (かん)), 六時間 (rokujikan) (ruby: (ろく), (), (かん)), 七時間七時間 (nanajikan) (ruby: (しち), (), (かん), (なな), (), (かん)), 八時間 (hachijikan) (ruby: (はち), (), (かん)), 九時間 (kujikan) (ruby: (), (), (かん)), 十時間 (jūjikan) (ruby: (じゅう), (), (かん)), 百時間 (hyakujikan) (ruby: (ひゃく), (), (かん)), 千時間 (senjikan) (ruby: (せん), (), (かん)), 一万時間 (ichimanjikan) (ruby: (いち), (まん), (), (かん)), 何時間 (nanjikan) (ruby: (なん), (), (かん))
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お時間 (o-jikan) (ruby: 時間(じかん)) [honorific]
Etymology number: 1

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IPA: [t͡ɕikã̠ɴ] Forms: 時間 [canonical] (ruby: (), (かん)), -chikan [romanization]
Etymology: Pronunciation shift to a devoiced initial consonant in certain dialects. /d͡ʑikaɴ/ → /t͡ɕikaɴ/ Head templates: {{ja-pos|counter|ちかん}} 時(ち)間(かん) • (-chikan)
  1. (dialect, Ibaraki) an hour-long period Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-時間-ja-counter-K2nvZ6bu1 Categories (other): Ibaraki Japanese, Japanese counters Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 10 10 10 0 27 10 10 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑikã̠ɴ] Forms: 時間 [canonical] (ruby: (), (かん)), jikan [romanization]
Etymology: Probably originally borrowed from Middle Chinese compound 時間 (dzyi kɛn, literally “time interval”). Repurposed in the early Meiji period as a translation of the western term time in relation to philosophy in the 1881 publication of 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophy Dictionary”) compiled by Inoue Tetsujirō. The meaning "hour" can be analyzed as a compound of 時(じ) (-ji, “o'clock”) + 間(かん) (-kan, time interval suffix). Compare other terms formed with the suffix 間(かん) (-kan) like 三(さん)分(ぷん)間(かん) (sanpunkan) and 三日(みっか)間(かん) (mikkakan). The reading is a mix of the goon reading ji and the kan'on reading kan, suggesting either that the reading changed after borrowing (from the expected goon pronunciation of jiken or the expected kan'on pronunciation of shikan), or that this term was independently coined in Japanese after the constituent terms 時(じ) (ji) and 間(かん) (kan) were borrowed. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=じかん}} Middle Chinese, {{m|ltc|時間|lit=time interval|tr=dzyi kɛn}} 時間 (dzyi kɛn, literally “time interval”), {{m|en|time}} time, {{m|ja|哲学字彙||Philosophy Dictionary|tr=Tetsugaku Jii}} 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophy Dictionary”), {{ja-compound|時|-じ|間|-かん|pos2=time interval suffix|t1=o'clock}} 時(じ) (-ji, “o'clock”) + 間(かん) (-kan, time interval suffix), {{ja-r|間|-かん}} 間(かん) (-kan), {{ja-r|三%分%間|さん%ぷん%かん}} 三(さん)分(ぷん)間(かん) (sanpunkan), {{ja-r|三日%間|みっか%かん}} 三日(みっか)間(かん) (mikkakan), {{ja-r|時|じ}} 時(じ) (ji), {{ja-r|間|かん}} 間(かん) (kan) Head templates: {{ja-noun|じかん}} 時(じ)間(かん) • (jikan)
  1. time Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-時間-ja-noun-M2B0gF~I Disambiguation of Time: 2 2 31 0 17 31 0 17 Categories (other): Japanese counters Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 10 10 10 0 27 10 10 22
  2. hour
    Sense id: en-時間-ja-noun-msCt1HXd
  3. the hours or time when something happens Categories (topical): Time, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-時間-ja-noun-4bOAOdXN Disambiguation of Time: 2 2 31 0 17 31 0 17 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 22 22 3 0 29 3 3 17 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese counters, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with 時, Japanese terms suffixed with 間, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 10 10 10 0 27 10 10 22 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 1 0 35 1 1 20 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 17 1 0 43 1 1 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 2 2 67 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 10 1 0 69 1 1 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 時: 40 7 7 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 間: 40 7 7 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 21 21 3 0 30 3 3 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 29 2 2 67 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 18 1 0 42 1 1 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 2 2 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お時間 (o-jikan) (ruby: 時間(じかん)) [honorific] Derived forms: 時間切れ (jikangire) (ruby: (), (かん), ()) (english: out of time, past the deadline), 時間帯: time zone (jikantai), time slot (english: such as for a TV program), 時間つぶし: wasting time (jikan tsubushi), killing time, 時間割 (jikanwari) (ruby: (), (かん), (わり)) (english: timetable), 営業時間 (eigyō jikan) (ruby: (えい), (ぎょう), (), (かん)) (english: business hours), 所要時間 (shoyō jikan) (ruby: (しょ), (よう), (), (かん)) (english: required time) Related terms: 期間 (kikan) (ruby: (), (かん)) (english: duration, period), 時空 (jikū) (ruby: (), (くう)) (english: time and space), 空間 (kūkan) (ruby: (くう), (かん)) (english: space, a space), 時空間 (jikūkan) (ruby: (), (くう), (かん)) (english: spacetime), 日数: number of days (nissū) (ruby: (にっ), (すう)) [duration, time]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕikã̠ɴ] Forms: 時間 [canonical] (ruby: (), (かん)), chikan [romanization]
Etymology: Pronunciation shift to a devoiced initial consonant in certain dialects. /d͡ʑikaɴ/ → /t͡ɕikaɴ/ Head templates: {{ja-noun|ちかん}} 時(ち)間(かん) • (chikan)
  1. (dialect, Ibaraki) time Tags: dialectal Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-時間-ja-noun-M2B0gF~I1 Disambiguation of Time: 2 2 31 0 17 31 0 17 Categories (other): Ibaraki Japanese, Japanese counters Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 10 10 10 0 27 10 10 22
  2. (dialect, Ibaraki) hour Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-時間-ja-noun-msCt1HXd1 Categories (other): Ibaraki Japanese, Japanese counters Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 10 10 10 0 27 10 10 22
  3. (dialect, Ibaraki) the hours or time when something happens Tags: dialectal Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-時間-ja-noun-4bOAOdXN1 Disambiguation of Time: 2 2 31 0 17 31 0 17 Categories (other): Ibaraki Japanese, Japanese counters Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 10 10 10 0 27 10 10 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "out of time, past the deadline",
      "roman": "jikangire",
      "ruby": [
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          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "切",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "時間切れ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jikantai",
      "word": "時間帯: time zone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "such as for a TV program",
      "word": "time slot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jikan tsubushi",
      "word": "時間つぶし: wasting time"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "killing time"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "timetable",
      "roman": "jikanwari",
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        [
          "間",
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          "割",
          "わり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "時間割"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "business hours",
      "roman": "eigyō jikan",
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          "営",
          "えい"
        ],
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          "業",
          "ぎょう"
        ],
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          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "営業時間"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "required time",
      "roman": "shoyō jikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "所",
          "しょ"
        ],
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          "要",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "所要時間"
    }
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          "args": {
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            "2": "時間",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 時間/时间 (shíjiān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 時間/时间 (shíjiān)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "시간(時間)",
            "bor": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 시간(時間) (sigan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 시간(時間) (sigan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "thời gian",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: thời gian",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: thời gian"
    }
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        "3": "",
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      },
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    {
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        "4": "-かん",
        "pos2": "time interval suffix",
        "t1": "o'clock"
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        "2": "-かん"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "三%分%間",
        "2": "さん%ぷん%かん"
      },
      "expansion": "三(さん)分(ぷん)間(かん) (sanpunkan)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "三日%間",
        "2": "みっか%かん"
      },
      "expansion": "三日(みっか)間(かん) (mikkakan)",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "じ"
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      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
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      "form": "時間",
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          "時",
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          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "duration, period",
      "roman": "kikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "期",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "time and space",
      "roman": "jikū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "空",
          "くう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "時空"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "space, a space",
      "roman": "kūkan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "空",
          "くう"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "spacetime",
      "roman": "jikūkan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "空",
          "くう"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "時空間"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nissū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
        ],
        [
          "数",
          "すう"
        ]
      ],
      "topics": [
        "duration",
        "time"
      ],
      "word": "日数: number of days"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 0 27 10 10 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese counters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 31 0 17 31 0 17",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "ja:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you have any time?",
          "roman": "Jikan wa arimasu ka?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "時間はありますか?"
        },
        {
          "english": "literally, “As for time, whenever is fine.”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "丈",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "ぶ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "時間はいつでも大丈夫です。\nJikan wa itsu de mo daijōbu desu.\nAny time works for me."
        },
        {
          "english": "literally, “[it's] already this sort of time!”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "もうこんな時間!\nMō konna jikan!\nMy, will you look at the time!"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "時間にルーズ\njikan ni rūzu\nnever on time\n(literally, “lax about time”)"
        },
        {
          "english": "the relationship between time and space",
          "roman": "jikan to kūkan no kankei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "空",
              "くう"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "関",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "係",
              "けい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "時間と空間の関係"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "time"
      ],
      "id": "en-時間-ja-noun-M2B0gF~I",
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "One hour is 60 minutes.",
          "roman": "Ichi-jikan wa rokujippun desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "1",
              "いち"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "60",
              "ろくじっ"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぷん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "1時間は 60分です。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hour"
      ],
      "id": "en-時間-ja-noun-msCt1HXd",
      "links": [
        [
          "hour",
          "hour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 0 27 10 10 22",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 1 0 35 1 1 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 1 0 43 1 1 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 2 2 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 1 0 69 1 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 7 7 47",
          "kind": "other",
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              "じ"
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              "間",
              "かん"
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              "遅",
              "おく"
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        },
        {
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          "roman": "Eigyō jikan wa getsu-ka-sui, gozen ku-ji kara gogo ni-ji made desu.",
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              "えい"
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              "時間",
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              "げつ"
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              "か"
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              "水",
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              "時",
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              "時",
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              "間",
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              "間",
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            ]
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          "ref": "2002 July 27, Mashiba, Shin, “第壱夜 下リ階段”, in [夢](ゆめ)[喰](くい)[見](けん)[聞](ぶん) ([夢](ゆめ)[喰](くい)[見](けん)[聞](ぶん)), volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 21",
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          "name": "Ibaraki Japanese",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 0 27 10 10 22",
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          "くう"
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          "かん"
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    {
      "roman": "nissū",
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        {
          "english": "Do you have any time?",
          "roman": "Jikan wa arimasu ka?",
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              "間",
              "かん"
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            [
              "間",
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          "text": "もうこんな時間!\nMō konna jikan!\nMy, will you look at the time!"
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        {
          "ruby": [
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              "じ"
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            [
              "間",
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        },
        {
          "english": "the relationship between time and space",
          "roman": "jikan to kūkan no kankei",
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              "じ"
            ],
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              "かん"
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              "じ"
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              "間",
              "かん"
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        },
        {
          "english": "Business hours are Monday to Wednesday, 9 AM to 2 PM.",
          "roman": "Eigyō jikan wa getsu-ka-sui, gozen ku-ji kara gogo ni-ji made desu.",
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              "時間",
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              "か"
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              "前",
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              "時",
              "じ"
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              "間",
              "かん"
            ]
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        {
          "english": "It’s time to wake up",
          "ref": "2002 July 27, Mashiba, Shin, “第壱夜 下リ階段”, in [夢](ゆめ)[喰](くい)[見](けん)[聞](ぶん) ([夢](ゆめ)[喰](くい)[見](けん)[聞](ぶん)), volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 21",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "nijikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "二",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "二時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sanjikan",
      "ruby": [
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          "三",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "三時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yojikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "四",
          "よ"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "四時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gojikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "五",
          "ご"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "五時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rokujikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "六",
          "ろく"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "六時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nanajikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "七",
          "しち"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "七",
          "なな"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "七時間七時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hachijikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "八",
          "はち"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "八時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kujikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "九",
          "く"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "九時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jūjikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "十",
          "じゅう"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "十時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hyakujikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "百",
          "ひゃく"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "百時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "senjikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "千",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "千時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ichimanjikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "一",
          "いち"
        ],
        [
          "万",
          "まん"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "一万時間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nanjikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "何",
          "なん"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "何時間"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "one hour, two hours, five and a half hours",
          "roman": "ichi-jikan, ni-jikan, go-jikan han",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "一",
              "いち"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "二",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "五",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "半",
              "はん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "一時間、二時間、五時間半"
        },
        {
          "english": "Apparently it will take many hours.",
          "roman": "Nan-jikan mo kakari sō desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "何時間もかかりそうです。"
        }
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      ]
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    {
      "other": "じかん"
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    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑikã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "o-jikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "時間",
          "じかん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "お時間"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Inoue Tetsujirō",
    "Meiji period",
    "University of Tokyo",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:時間",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "時間"
}

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        "dialectal"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Ibaraki Japanese",
        "Japanese dialectal terms"
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    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕikã̠ɴ]"
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      "ipa": "[t͡ɕikã̠ɴ]"
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