by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “It’s about a 10-minute walk.” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
It’s about a _-minute walk.
歩いて _ 分くらい。
aruite _ fun(pun) kurai
If you want to speak politely, you can say :
歩いて _ 分くらいです。
aruite _ fun(pun) kuraidesu
When you want to say “It’s about a _-minute walk.”, put the time it takes just before “分 fun(pun)”.
“分” means “minute”.
- 1-minute = 1分 ippun
- 5-minute = 5分 gofun
- 10-minute = 10分 juppun
- 15-minute = 15分 juugofun
- 20-minute = 20分 nijuppun
- 30-minute = 30分 sanjuppun
For example, if you want to say “It’s about a 10-minute walk.”, you can say like this :
歩いて10分くらい。
aruite juppun kurai
Or politely :
歩いて10分くらいです。
aruite juppun kuraidesu
- about = くらい kurai
- minute = 分 fun(pun)
- walk = 歩いて aruite