Telling Time
Telling time in Japanese isn't that hard, in fact it's easier than English (my opinion).
First you will get some simple explanation to what you will encounter. | |
-ji - O'clock -fun, -pun - Minute han - Half ima - Now nani-ji - What time gozen - A.M. gogo - P.M. Ima nan-ji desu ka? - What time is it now? |
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Here is the actual time telling part. | |
1-ji - 1 o'clock 2-ji - 2 o'clock 3-ji - 3 o'clock 4-ji - 4 o'clock 5-ji - 5 o'clock 6-ji - 6 o'clock 7-ji - 7 o'clock 8-ji - 8 o'clock 9-ji - 9 o'clock 10-ji - 10 o'clock |
1-ji han - Half past 1 (lit. 1 o'clock half) 3-ji han - Half past 3 5-ji han - Half past 5 7-ji han - Half past 7 9-ji han - Half past 9 50-pun - 50 minutes 1-ji 40-pun - 1.40 6-ji 10-pun - 6.10 gogo 7-ji 35-pun - 7.35 P.M. gozen 10-ji han - 10.30 A.M. |
Updated 2008-09-27 19:55:28