Keyword
second
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig965
Readings
びょう
(100%)
Composed of
grain plant
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 (33 in total)
second (unit of time); arc second
several seconds
Examples (17 in total)
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?