ใๆ้ใปใใใใ
...jikan gurai
Duration of time / Approximately
๐ธ Expressing Duration and Approximate Amounts ๐ธ
๐ฌ Dialogue
Mainichi, nan-jikan gurai Nihongo o benkyou shimasu ka.
About how many hours do you study Japanese every day?
Daitai ni-jikan gurai benkyou shimasu.
I study for about two hours.
Ie kara daigaku made dono kurai kakarimasu ka.
How long does it take from your house to the university?
Densha de ichi-jikan-han gurai kakarimasu.
It takes about an hour and a half by train.
Kinou wa nan-jikan nemashita ka.
How many hours did you sleep yesterday?
Kinou wa isogashikatta node, go-jikan gurai shika nemasendashita.
I was busy yesterday, so I only slept for about five hours.
๐ Vocabulary
5 wordsโญ Key Sentence
Duration + gurai
About [Duration]
- Pattern: [ๆ้] + ใใใ
- Meaning: Approximately a certain length of time.
San-jikan gurai kakarimasu.
It takes about three hours.
Juppun gurai arukimasu.
I walk for about ten minutes.
๐ Explanation
To express the length of time, we use the counter ใๆ้ (jikan)ใ for hours.
When you want to say 'about' or 'approximately', you add ใใใ (gurai) after the time duration. Note that ใใใ and ใใใ are interchangeable.
The verb ใใใ (kakaru) is commonly used with this pattern to indicate how much time is required to complete an action or travel.
Ni-jikan gurai kakarimasu.
= 'It takes about two hours.'
๐ Quiz
How do you say 'about one hour' in Japanese?