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[n]
▶ thirty minutes ▶ half an hour |
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| 2. | A 2023-11-03 02:09:45 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | https://www.joyokanji.com/content/tale-two-kanji-or-perhaps-only-one-kanji |
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| Comments: | There aren't really any "language officials in Japan". I think you are referring to the bureaucrats in the education ministry who control what is taught to school kids. I (and a lot of other people) don't have a high opinion of a lot of what they do. I have a dig at the "grey-suited men in the smoke-filled rooms in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, etc., etc." in the referenced article. I'm quite happy to include this entry. |
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| 1. | A* 2023-11-02 23:56:29 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | NHK Accent. Sounds like the language officials in Japan want people to say じっぷん because じゅっ- isn't an official reading for 十. If you google "さんじっぷん", you can find posts on chiebukuro about confused parents who are surprised that their children are being taught the official version. https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1013465965 |
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| Comments: | Surely さんじゅっぷん is still 一般的, though. I think an entry for an exceptionally common unit of time like this might be useful. |
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