WORD DETAIL
十分
じゅっぷん
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: In this entry,
十分is read asじゅっぷん; it combines十with the time unit分to mean a duration of ten minutes. - Basic usage: Use
十分かかるfor elapsed time and休憩は十分だけfor a break limited to ten minutes.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Reading and meaning
- The same spelling read as
じゅうぶんmeans “enough,” so the time context requires the readingじゅっぷん.
- The same spelling read as
- Limit expressed by
だけ十分だけrestricts the break to only ten minutes; it does not evaluate ten minutes as sufficient.

