Japanese Sentences with English Translations - Sentences [分]

Tom showed up fifteen minutes late.

Tom showed up 15 minutes late.

The fireworks show was suspended after 30 minutes due to the thunderstorm.

"What time is it?" "It's 3:20."

It took less than five minutes.

I need to set my watch to two minutes faster.

I need to set my watch to two minutes faster.

The villa is only a five minutes walk from the beach.

I'll be back at 2:30.

After talking to Tom for a few minutes, it became obvious that his French wasn't very good, so Mary switched to English.

Tom spent fifteen minutes trying to pry open the drawer with a crowbar, but he couldn't get it opened.

You should make sure that you get there on time. Tom won't wait more than ten minutes if you are late.

Tom sprang out of bed, threw on some clothes, ate breakfast and was out of the door within ten minutes.

Two pieces are enough

45 minutes is short

After studying for another 20 minutes, let’s take a short break then.

Kobe city gave a public apology “Our staff was away from work for 3mins ordering a bento box”

A 64-year-old male staff in the Kobe City Waterworks Bureau, between last September and this March for stepping out for approximately 3 minutes 26 times to order a bento box at the restaurant nearby during working hours ended up getting a pay cut of half a day.

If they don’t allow being 3 minute away from work, then they wouldn’t allow 3 minute unpaid overtime, right?

You should arrive 5 minutes before the appointed time.