How to Tell Time in Japanese

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How to Tell Time in Japanese – Review Notes

Today we learned how to tell time in Japanese! In these video review notes we will go over how to say hours and minutes in Japanese!

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How to tell time in Japanese

how to tell time

 Today we are going to learn how to tell time in Japanese!

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Number 1:

1ji

 1:00 (one o’clock) in Japanese is: (いちじ – ichiji).

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Number 2:

2ji

 2:00 (two o’clock) in Japanese is: 2時 (にじ – niji).

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Number 3:

3ji

 3:00 (three o’clock) in Japanese is: 3時 (さんじ – sanji).

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Number 4:

4ji

 4:00 (four o’clock) in Japanese is: 4時 (よじ – yoji).

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Number 5:

5ji

 5:00 (five o’clock) in Japanese is: 5時 (ごじ – goji).

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Number 6:

6ji

 6:00 (six o’clock) in Japanese is: 6時 (ろくじ – rokuji).

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Number 7:

7ji

 7:00 (seven o’clock) in Japanese is: 7時 (しちじ – shichiji).

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Number 8:

8ji

 8:00 (eight o’clock) in Japanese is: 8時 (はちじ – hachiji).

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Number 9:

9ji

 9:00 (nine o’clock) in Japanese is: 9時 (くじ – kuji).

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Number 10:

10ji

 10:00 (ten o’clock) in Japanese is: 10時 (じゅうじ – juuji).

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Number 11:

11ji

 11:00 (eleven o’clock) in Japanese is: 11時 (じゅういちじ – juuichiji).

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Number 12:

12ji

 12:00 (twelve o’clock) in Japanese is: 12時 (じゅうにじ – juuniji).

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Counting Minutes: 分 (fun)

counter for minutes

 The Japanese counter for minutes is 分 (fun).

 As we learned in our last lesson, this counter can be used for counting minutes (1 minute, 2 minutes, etc.).

 However, it can also be used for telling time (12:01, 12:02, etc.)

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Example:

3-15

 For example, 3:15 is 3時15分 (sanji juugofun).

 3時 (sanji) is 3:00 (three o’clock) and15分 (juugofun) is ‘fifteen minutes’ so when you put them together, it is the time, 3:15 (three-fifteen).

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Example:

3-30

 3:30 (three-thirty) in Japanese is: 時30分 (sanji sanjuppun).

 3時 (3:00) plus 30分 (30 minutes) is 時30分 (3:30).

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Special Expression: Half Past~

half past 3

 Instead of using 3時30分, you can also use 時半 (sanji han).

  (han) means ‘half’ so時半 (sanji han) is like the English expression ‘half past three’

 Of course, the same rule goes for all of the hours. For example: 2時30分 (niji sanjuppun – 2:30) can also be 時半 (niji han – half past two).

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Other Important Information:

 AM (2 AM,  3 AM, etc.) in Japanese is 午前 (gozen)

 PM (2 PM,  3 PM, etc.) in Japanese is 午後 (gogo)

 When using 午前 (gozen) and 午後 (gogo), put them BEFORE the time (this is opposite from English). For example, 3 AM would be 午前3時 (gozen sanji).

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Conclusion:

Today we learned how to tell time in Japanese! To learn more about counting minutes and hours in Japanese, check out this lesson!

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