半

How to remember it

Think of 'han' cutting the hour exactly in half at :30.

Example sentences

• 三時半に起きます。

  さんじはんにおきます。

  I get up at three thirty.

• 二時半に会いましょう。

  にじはんにあいましょう。

  Let's meet at two thirty.

Usage

Suffix-like; follows times (時半) to mean half-past the hour.

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