Minute
Minutes
noun, suffix
What's part of an hour? A minute, or minutes! This word is the suffix version of 分, so it goes after numbers to say how many minutes, and is used for telling the time too.
This uses a different on'yomi than what you learned with the kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you remember this reading:
How many minutes of fun (ふん) will you have today? Lots and lots of minutes, I hope!
Depending on the number before 分, its pronunciation can change to ぷん, because of rendaku. We're looking for the original reading ふん here though!
四分
four minutes
二分
two minutes
五分
five minutes
大体、二分くらいかかります。
It generally takes about two minutes.
十五分休みましょうか。
Shall we rest for fifteen minutes?
私のアパートからコンビニまでは歩いて大体五分くらいです。
It's about five minutes on foot from my apartment to a convenience store.