十分

1Ten minutes (read じゅっぷん or じっぷん), the unit of time equal to 600 seconds. In modern spoken Japanese じゅっぷん is the more common pronunciation; じっぷん is the traditional reading still preferred by NHK broadcasting and prescriptive dictionaries. In writing, the digit form 10分 dominates everyday use, while 十分 is the kanji form seen in vertical or formal text. Because the same spelling 十分 read じゅうぶん means "enough / sufficient," the digit form 10分 is often used to avoid confusion.