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Japanese Lesson 8: How To Read/Write/Say The Time

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
2 O'clock	にじ / 二時 Ni ji
3 O'clock	さんじ / 三時 San ji
4 O'clock	よじ / 四時 Yo ji
5 O'clock	ごじ / 五時 Go ji
6 O'clock	ろくじ / 六時 Roku ji
7 O'clock	しちじ / 七時 Shichi ji
8 O'clock	はちじ / 八時 Hachi ji
9 O'clock	くじ / 九時 Ku ji
10 O'clock	じゅうじ / 十時 Jyuu ji
11 O'clock	じゅういちじ / 十一時 Jyuuichi ji
12 O'clock	じゅうにじ / 十二時 Jyuuniji

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
10 minutes	じゅうぷん / 十分 jyuupun
20 minutes	にじゅうぷん / 二十分 nijyuupun

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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