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Numbers & TimeSaturday 6 June 2026

午前10時半

Pronunciation: gozen juu-ji han

Meaning: 10:30 AM

In Japanese, 半 (han) means "half," so 10時半 literally means "half past 10 o'clock"—a common way to express times ending in :30.

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