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I was looking for examples of how to use かかる and I came upon the following sentence:
一分間かかりました
but then if I look at the sentence below without 間 what is the difference?
一分かかりました
Now, this brings up the question of what is the difference between 間 in 一時間 and 一分間? In the case of 一時間, the 間 is a counter but in 一分間 it is not a counter though?
The kanji 間 means some stretch or period of time, so if you add it as a suffix it means "a period of ____". Thus, 一分 means "one minute", and 一分間 means the "space of one minute".
In the case of your phrase, it makes little difference in meaning.
一分間かかりました
It took a period of one minute.一分かかりました
It took one minute.
