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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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