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Keyword
second
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig965
Readings
びょう
(100%)
Composed of
禾
grain plant
少
few
Mnemonic

You know how in the ancient times they used hourglasses to measure time? Well, what do you think they put in there? Sand? What if you don't have any sand? Yes, just grab a few grain plants growing nearby, and use that to make an hourglass! Then you can watch as the grains fall through your new hourglass each second.

Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
second (unit of time); arc second
a few seconds; several seconds
one second
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Examples (51 in total)
Do you remember what you said three seconds ago!?
I couldn't do anything in ten seconds.
I think for a good two seconds or so.
It was at most a few seconds, yet it felt long even to us watching.
And there was a silence of a few seconds.
I waited for a few seconds just like that.
It may have lasted only a few seconds.
The few seconds until the answer came back felt long.
About ten seconds passed.
However, after a few seconds or tens of seconds, he opened his eyes again.
There are only a few dozen seconds left until the appointed time.
It takes exactly ten seconds.
It takes less than ten seconds to type this much text.
It had just been uploaded a few seconds ago.
A few seconds later, the pressure stopped abruptly.
Within a few seconds, the lady's expression changed.
The bluish-white light burst and vanished in a few seconds.
It makes one second feel like thirty seconds.
Then, I cannot waste even a single second.
Give it one second, and gravity will pull the bullet down.
I wanted to spend time with my mother for even one second longer.
I'll take you with me, so get ready in one second.
I want to go back five seconds and do it over!
After a few seconds of silence, everyone started making a loud commotion at the same time.
It seems as if I can even hear the sound of my wristwatch ticking off each second.
In three seconds I put on my shirt, do up my tie, and cram my textbooks into my bag.
He spent about thirty seconds adding and subtracting something in his head.
I mean, you turned it down in a split second.
My little sister sold me out in an instant!?
I seriously get bored in seconds.
The time required for analysis is estimated to be forty-two seconds.
It was nothing but exciting matches that could not be missed for even a second.
After a pause of two or three seconds, he opened his eyes and stared at me.
A flood of such information rushes in before even a few seconds have passed.
I want to talk with you for a few seconds.
My watch gains thirty seconds a month.
He waited for several seconds and opened the door.
My watch gains five seconds a day.
Yes. He can run 100 meters within twelve seconds.
He can run 100 meters in less than twelve seconds.
She simply cannot keep her mouth shut, not even for a second.
Tom, could you shut up for just ten seconds?
Tom can eat a banana in three seconds.
The fastest runner can't run 100 meters in 9 seconds.
I missed the train by thirty seconds.
The velocity of light is about 186,000 miles per second.
Light travels at a velocity of 186,000 miles per second.
It's only six pence per second.
The light travels at about 186,000 miles a second.
Microwave it for thirty seconds.
What hour, minute, and second is it now?