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
