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JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

数すう時じ間かん

suujikan

a few hours, several hours

Example sentences

その騒音そうおんは数時間すうじかん続つづいた。
The noise continued for several hours.
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彼かれらは数時間すうじかん前まえに出発しゅっぱつした。
They started hours ago.
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それを書かくのに数時間すうじかんかかったんだよ。
It took me several hours to write it.
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Kanji in 数時間

数number; strengthOnスウ・ス・サクKunかず・かぞえる・しばしば
時time; hourOnジKunとき
間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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