Objective: Learn to tell time in Japanese.
じかん = time
[jikan]
じ = hour
[zero]
ふん = minute
[hun/bun/pun]
ごぜん = A.M.
[gozen]
ごご = P.M.
[gogo]
Telling time in Japanese is fairly straightforward, simply place a number before the word じ to indicate the hour, then follow the number of minutes with ふん, ぶん, or ぷん (depending on the number of minutes).
Examples:
くじじゅうごふん = 9:15
[kuji jyuugohun]
にじ = 2:00
[niji]
ななじよんじゅうよんぷん = 7:44
[nanaji yonjyuuyonpun]
To indicate a time in the morning or afternoon, you can follow the time expression with ごぜん(A.M.) or ごご(P.M.).
Examples:
じゅうじろっぷんごぜん = 10:06 A.M.
[juji roppun gozen]
よじにじゅっぷんごご = 4:20 P.M.
[yoji nijuppun gogo]
For half past the hour, add はん after じ.
Example:
はちじはん = 8:30 A.M.
[hachiji han]
じかん = time
[jikan]
いま = now
[ima]
なんじ = what time
[nanji]
じ = o'clock; hour
[zero]
ふん = minute
[hun/bun/pun]
ごぜん = A.M.
[gozen]
ごご = P.M.
[gogo]
いっぷん = 1 minute
[ippun]
さんぶん = 3 minutes
[sanbun]
よんぷん = 4 minutes
[yonpun]
ろっぷん = 6 minutes
[roppun]
はっぷん = 8 minutes
[happun]
じゅっぷん = 10 minutes
[juppun]
はん = half past (~:30)
[han]
いまはなんじですか。 = What time is it (now)?
[resutoran no denwa bangoo wa nan desuka]
じゅういちじにじゅうさんぶんです。 = It's 11:23.
[yon ichi go no yon san ni no roku go kyuu san ichi]
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