Counters › 分
分 (fun) — counting minutes
Minutes, both for telling the time and for durations.
How to count with 分, 1 to 10
| # | Reading | Romaji | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | いっぷん | ippun | 1分 |
| 2 | にふん | nifun | 2分 |
| 3 | さんぷん | sanpun | 3分 |
| 4 | よんぷん | yonpun | 4分 |
| 5 | ごふん | gofun | 5分 |
| 6 | ろっぷん | roppun | 6分 |
| 7 | ななふん | nanafun | 7分 |
| 8 | はっぷん | happun | 8分 |
| 9 | きゅうふん | kyuufun | 9分 |
| 10 | じゅっぷん | juppun | 10分 |
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Watch out
The odd one out among は-row counters: 3 and 4 take ぷ, not ぶ. So it is いっぷん・さんぷん・よんぷん・ろっぷん・はっぷん・じゅっぷん.
In a sentence
| Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五分待ってください | ごふんまってください gofunmattekudasai | Please wait five minutes. |
| 十分かかります | じゅっぷんかかります juppunkakarimasu | It takes ten minutes. |
Other counters
- つ (tsu) — the all-purpose counter
- 人 (nin) — people
- 本 (hon) — long, thin things
- 枚 (mai) — flat, thin things
- 個 (ko) — small, roundish objects
- 匹 (hiki) — small animals
- 頭 (tou) — large animals
- 冊 (satsu) — books and bound volumes
- 台 (dai) — machines and vehicles
- 杯 (hai) — cupfuls and glassfuls
- 階 (kai) — floors of a building
- 回 (kai) — times / occurrences
- 歳 (sai) — age in years
- 軒 (ken) — houses and shops
- 足 (soku) — pairs of footwear
- 着 (chaku) — suits and outfits
- 通 (tsuu) — letters and documents
- 名 (mei) — people (formal)
- 番 (ban) — order and rank
- 時 (ji) — o'clock
- 年 (nen) — years
- ヶ月 (kagetsu) — months (duration)
- 週間 (shuukan) — weeks
- 泊 (haku) — nights of a stay
- 日 (nichi) — days and dates