【Vocabulary】How to tell the time in Japanese

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Important vocabulary for time

EnglishKanaKanjiRomajiRomaji (without space)
o’clockjiji
minuteふんfu nfun
minuteぷんpu npun
half pastじはん時半ji ha njihan
nowいまi maima
amごぜん午前go ze ngozen
pmごご午後go gogogo
what timeなんじ何時na n jinanji
Kanji characters in yellow are Basic 200 Kanji. Make sure you can write them.

am and pm

They come BEFORE time in Japanese.

れい
  • 1 am = ごぜん一じ
  • 2 am = ごぜん二じ
  • 3:15 pm = ごご三じ十五ふん
  • 6:40 pm = ごご六じ四十ぷん
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o’clock

EnglishKanaKanjiRomajiRomaji (without space)
1 o’clockいちじ一時i chi jiichiji
2 o’clockにじ二時ni jiniji
3 o’clockさんじ三時sa n jisanji
4 o’clockよじ四時yo jiyoji
5 o’clockごじ五時go jigoji
6 o’clockろくじ六時ro ku jirokuji
7 o’clockしちじ
ななじ
七時shi chi ji
na na ji
shichiji
nanaji
8 o’clockはちじ八時ha chi jihachiji
9 o’clockくじ九時ku jikuji
10 o’clockじゅうじ十時ju u jijuuji
11 o’clockじゅういちじ十一時ju u i chi jijuuichiji
12 o’clockじゅうにじ十二時ju u ni jijuuniji
Kanji characters in yellow are Basic 200 Kanji. Make sure you can write them.
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half past

EnglishKanaKanjiRomajiRomaji (without space)
half past 1いちじはん一時i chi ji ha nichijihan
half past 2にじはん二時半ni ji ha nnijihan
half past 3さんじはん三時半sa n ji ha nsanjihan
half past 4よじはん四時半yo ji ha nyojihan
half past 5ごじはん五時半go ji ha ngojihan
half past 6ろくじはん六時半ro ku ji ha nrokujihan
half past 7しちじはん
ななじはん
七時半shi chi ji ha n
na na ji ha n
shichijihan
nanajihan
half past 8はちじはん八時半ha chi ji ha nhachijihan
half past 9くじはん九時半ku ji ha nkujihan
half past 10じゅうじはん十時半ju u ji ha njuujihan
half past 11じゅういちじはん十一時ju u i chi ji ha njuuichijihan
half past 12じゅうにじはん十二時半ju u ni ji ha njuunijihan
Kanji characters in yellow are Basic 200 Kanji. Make sure you can write them.
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minute (5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55)

Make sure you can write ふ(fu)correctly.

EnglishKanaKanjiRomajiRomaji (without space)
5 minutesごふん五分go fu ngofun
15 minutesじゅうごふん十五分ju u go fu njuugofun
25 minutesにじゅうごふん二十五分ni ju u go fu nnijuugofun
35 minutesさんじゅうごふん三十五分sa n ju u go fu nsanjuugofun
45 minutesよんじゅうごふん四十五分yo n ju u go fu nyonjuugofun
55 minutesごじゅうごふん五十五分go ju u go fu ngojuugofun
Kanji characters in yellow are Basic 200 Kanji. Make sure you can write them.
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minute (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60)

Make sure the difference between ふ(fu)and ぷ(pu). You need a circle at the top right when you write ぷ.

EnglishKanaKanjiRomajiRomaji (without space)
10 minutesじゅっぷん十分ju p pu njuppun
20 minutesにじゅっぷん二十分ni ju p pu nnijuppun
30 minutesさんじゅっぷん三十分sa n ju p pu nsanjuppun
40 minutesよんじゅっぷん四十分yo n ju p pu nyonjuppun
50 minutesごじゅっぷん五十分go ju p pu ngojuppun
60 minutesろくじゅっぷん六十分ro ku ju p pu nrokujuppun
Kanji characters in yellow are Basic 200 Kanji. Make sure you can write them.
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