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Through this Japanese lession, you will get to learn how to say time (ji-ka-n じ か ん / 時間) in Japanese and the questions to ask for time in Japanese. To say time in Japanese, we need to combine the "O'clock(hour)" and the "minutes" to form the Japanese word for time. And of course, you will get to learn how to say seconds in Japanese. Okay, let's start learning telling time in Japanese!
Saying O'clock / hour (ji じ): A combination of the numbers 1 to 12 with the じ to form the time for O'clock / hour. _ O'clock
| Japanese | Sound Clip
| | 1 O'clock | いち じ / 一 時 Ichi ji
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| 2 O'clock
| に じ / 二 時 Ni ji
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| | 3 O'clock | さん じ / 三 時 San ji
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| 4 O'clock
| よ じ / 四 時 Yo ji
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| 5 O'clock
| ご じ / 五 時 Go ji
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| 6 O'clock
| ろく じ / 六 時 Roku ji
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| 7 O'clock
| しち じ / 七 時 Shichi ji
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| 8 O'clock
| はち じ / 八 時 Hachi ji
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| 9 O'clock
| く じ / 九 時 Ku ji
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| 10 O'clock
| じゅう じ / 十 時 Jyuu ji
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| 11 O'clock
| じゅういち じ / 十一 時 Jyuuichi ji
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| 12 O'clock
| じゅうに じ / 十二 時 Jyuuniji |
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Half past a certain O'clock is expressed by "han はん / 半" placed after the O'clock / hour. For example: Half past one (1:30AM/PM) = ichi ji han いち じ はん / 一 時 半 Saying Minutes (fun ふん) | _ Minute(s) | Japanese | Sound Clip
| 1 minute
| いっぷん / 一分 ippun |
| 2 minutes
| にふん / 二分 nifun |
| 3 minutes
| さんぷん / 三分 sanppun |
| 4 minutes
| よんぷん / 四分 yonpun |
| 5 minutes
| ごふん / 五分 gofun |
| 6 minutes
| ろっぷん / 六分 roppun |
| 7 minutes
| ななふん / 七分 nanafun |
| 8 minutes
| はちふん hachifun / はっぷん happun / 八分 |
| 9 minutes
| きゅうふん / 九分 kyuufun
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| | 10 minutes | じゅうぷん / 十分 jyuupun |
| 20 minutes
| にじゅうぷん / 二十分 nijyuupun |
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To say certain seconds "byou びょう / 秒", there is no special word behind the number for seconds. For example: 5 seconds = go byou ご びょう / 五 秒 Conversations relating to saying time (in O'clock, minutes and seconds) in Japanese Winter-san: "なんじですか？" / "何時ですか？" Winter-san: "nan ji desu ka?" Winter-san: "What is the time?"
Summer-san: "ごぜん（ごご）ななじさんじゅうごふんです。" / "午前（午後）七時三十五分です。" Summer-san: "Gozen (Gogo) nanaji sanjyuu gofun desu." Summer-san: "It's 7:35am(pm)."
Autumn-san: "いっぷんはろくじゅうびょうです。" / "一分は六十秒です。" Autumn-san: "ippun wa rokujyuu byou desu." Autumn-san: "There are sixty seconds in a minute."
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