How to Tell Time in Japanese

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

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

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Number 1:

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

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Number 2:

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

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Number 3:

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

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Number 4:

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

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Number 5:

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

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Number 6:

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

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Number 7:

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

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Number 8:

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

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Number 9:

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

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Number 10:

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

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Number 11:

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

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Number 12:

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

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Counting Minutes: 分 (fun)

★　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:

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

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

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Special Expression: Half Past~

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

★　半 (han) means ‘half’ so３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 ２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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