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Usages of kakaru
三十分間 かかります。sanzyuppunkan kakarimasu.
It takes 30 minutes.
四時間半 かかりました。yozikanhan kakarimasita.
It took four and a half hours.
一週間 ぐらい かかりました。issyuukan gurai kakarimasita.
It took about a week.
あの 映画 は、 二時間 ぐらい かかります。
あの 映画 は、 二時間 ごろ かかります。
ano eiga ha, nizikan gurai kakarimasu.ano eiga ha, nizikan goro kakarimasu.
That movie takes about two hours.
都心 まで 電車 で 三十分 かかります。tosin made densya de sanzyuppun kakarimasu.
It takes thirty minutes by train to get to the city center.
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