2 meanings · noun · proper noun
/HA-pon/
afternoon
Covers the period from roughly noon to sunset. Heard daily in the greeting "Magandang hapon" (Good afternoon).
Magandang hapon po.
Good afternoon.
Umuwi siya nang hapon.
She came home in the afternoon.
/ha-PON/
Japan; Japanese (person or language)
Borrowed from Spanish "Japón." The stress shift to the second syllable is what distinguishes this from the time-of-day word. Capitalization is conventional but not always used in casual writing.
Hindi pa ako nakakapunta sa bansang Hapon.
I have not yet been to Japan.
Hapon ang kanyang ama.
His father is Japanese.
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