Japanese Vocabulary: How To Tell The Time In Japanese

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Time in Japanese

Time-(時間)-(じかん)-( Jikan )

What time is it? -(今何時ですか？)- (なんじかんですか)-(Nan-jikan desuka)

NOTE: When you read numbers there is a rule with the final number in the minutes. If the number finish in ... at last you have to say ....

Examples:

• It's seven o'clock.
• それは七時です。
• Sore wa nana-jidesu.

• It's quarter to two.
• これは、二四半期です。
• Kore wa, ni shihankidesu.

• It's twenty past six.
• その六時二十。
• Sono roku-ji ni jū.

• it's twelve o'clock
• それは十二時だ
• Sore wa jū ni-jida