Japanese Vocabulary: How To Tell The Time In Japanese
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Time in Japanese
Time-(時間)-(じかん)-( Jikan )
| **Time Elements** | |||
| **English** | Kanji | Hiragana/ Katakana | Romaji |
| Minute | 分 | ぶん | *Bun* |
| Hour | 時 間 | じかん | *Jikan* |
| half past ... | 半 | はん | *... Han* |
| Day | 日 | ひ | *Hi* |
| Week | 週 | しゅ | *Shū* |
| Month | 月 | つき | *Tsuki* |
| Year | 年 | とし | *Toshi* |
| Morning | 朝 | あさ | *Asa* |
| Afternoon | 午 後 | ごご | *Gogo* |
| Evening | 夜 | よる | *Yoru* |
| Night | ナイト | *Naito* | |
| p.m | 午 後 | ごご | *Gogo* |
| a.m | 午 前 | ごぜん | *Gozen* |
What time is it? -(今何時ですか？)- (なんじかんですか)-(Nan-jikan desuka)
| **Time** | **Kanyi** | **Hiragana/katakana** | Romaji |
| **3:00** | 三 時 | さん じ | *San Ji* |
| **4:00** | 四 時 | よん じ | *Yon Ji* |
| **1:00** | 1時 | いち じ | *Ichi Ji* |
| **6:00** | 6時 | ろく じ | *Roku Ji* |
| **8:00** | 8時 | 8-じ | *8-Ji* |
| **11:00** | 11時 | 11-じ | *11-Ji* |
| **2:30** | 二時 半 | に じ はん | *Ni Ji Han* |
| **1:15** | 一時 十五分 | いち じ じゅうご ふん | *Ichi Ji Jūgo Fun* |
| **7:25** | 7時 25分 | しち じ にじゅうご ふん | *Shichi Ji Nijūgo Fun* |
| **2:26** | 2時 26分 | に じ にじゅうろっぷん | *Ni Ji Nijūroppun* |
| **3:38** | 3時 38分 | 3-じ 38-ふん | *3-Ji 38-Fun* |
| **9:27** | 2時 27分 | 9-じ 27-ふん | *9-Ji 27-Fun* |
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 ....
| 1 - **ippun** | 6 - **roppun** |
| 2 - ni fun | 7 - **shichi** fun |
| 3 - san pun | 8 - **happun** |
| 4 - yon pun | 9 - **ku** fun |
| 5 - go fun | 10 - **juppun** |
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
