How to say "minutes" in Japanese

• 分間ふんかんCommon
  counterCovers minutes purely as a duration of time, as in waiting or speaking for a set number of minutes; it never refers to the written record of a meeting.
  １０分間ふんかん、休憩きゅうけいをとりましょう。↗

  Let's have a ten-minute break.
• 記録きろくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbIts core sense is a record, document, or log of any kind; 'minutes' is only one of its senses, so for the record of a meeting specifically, 議事録 is the more precise choice.
  無言むごんが記録きろくされたためしはない。↗

  No silence was ever written down.
• 議事録ぎじろくCommon
  nounThis is the word for minutes in the meeting sense: the written record of what was said and decided at a meeting, i.e. a record of proceedings.
  この議事録ぎじろくに関かんして、訂正ていせい、追加ついかがありましたらお願ねがいします。↗

  I welcome any corrections or additions to these minutes.

Use 分間 for minutes as a length of time; for the written record of a meeting, 議事録 is the specific word, while 記録 is the broader term for a record or log, of which minutes is one sense.

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• 分間ふんかんminutes (period of)
• 記録きろくrecord
• 議事録ぎじろくrecord of proceedings
• 会議録かいぎろくminutes
• ミニッツ(meeting) minutes