ふんかん
Meanings
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1. minutes (period of)
Pitch accent
んかん
Composed of
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
Examples (12 in total)
Close your eyes for three minutes.
I'll only wait 3 minutes for you.
The audience applauded for a full five minutes.
Tom sat silently for 30 minutes.
He was underwater for three minutes.
I'll give you five minutes to work out this problem.
After walking for five minutes, we arrived at the park.
We knocked at the door for five minutes, but in vain.
People normally breathe 12 to 20 times a minute.
If there was no air, man could not live for even ten minutes.
This machine makes 100 copies a minute.
Quickly stop the flow of milk, leave to stand for approximately 30 minutes for the milk to solidify.