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Time 　時間 (jikan)

How to describe Time in Japanese

Hour | Minute | Second | Duration | Related Phrases

Hour 　時 [ji] うさぎドロップ

Bunny Drop
日本語[Japanese] 読み[Reading] 英語[English] [Manga/Anime]
０時　（零時） rē-ji 0 o'clock Heart-warming episodes of
30-year-old single man and
１時　（一時） ichi-ji 1 o'clock a little girl.
Nicely portraits family
２時　（二時） ni-ji 2 o'clock relationships of ordinary
people.
３時　（三時） san-ji 3 o'clock
４時　（四時） yo-ji 4 o'clock
５時　（五時） go-ji 5 o'clock
６時　（六時） roku-ji 6 o'clock Trailer
７時　（七時） shichi-ji 7 o'clock
８時　（八時） hachi-ji 8 o'clock
９時　（九時） ku-ji 9 o'clock
１０時　（十時） jū-ji 10 o'clock 2nd Episode Preview
１１時　（十一時） jūichi-ji 11 o'clock
１２時　（十二時） jūni-ji 12 o'clock
正午 shōgo 12 noon
何時 nan-ji What time? 7th Episode Preview
Official Site
午前 gozen a.m. Wikipedia
Anime News Network
午後 gogo p.m.

See Numbers page to learn how to read numbers.

Add 時 [ji] after numbers. Irregular readings are colored in red.
Arabic number is usually used.

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Minute 　分 [fun]
日本語 [nihongo] 読み [yomi] 英語 [eigo]
０分　（〇分） rē-fun / zero-fun 0 minute
１分　（一分） ip-pun 1 minute past
２分　（二分） ni-fun 2 minutes past Aimer
[Singer]
３分　（三分） san-pun 3 minutes past
Amazing vocalist with
４分　（四分） yon-pun 4 minutes past beautiful low tone voice.

５分　（五分） go-fun 5 minutes past

６分　（六分） rop-pun 6 minutes past
７分　（七分） nana-fun 7 minutes past
８分　（八分） hap-pun 8 minutes past Brave Shine

９分　（九分） kyū-fun 9 minutes past

１０分　（一〇分） jup-pun 10 minutes past
１１分　（一一分） jūip-pun 11 minutes past
誰か、海を。[dareka, umi o.]
20分　（二〇分） nijup-pun 20 minutes past
23分　（二三分） ni jūsan-pun 23 minutes past
30分　（三〇分） sanjup-pun 30 minutes past
35分　（三五分） sanjūgo-fun 35 minutes past 3rd album "DAWN"
40分　（四〇分） yonjup-pun 40 minutes past Official Site
Wikipedia
47分　（四七分） yonjūnana-fun 47 minutes past YouTube Official Channel
iTunes
50分　（五〇分） gojup-pun 50 minutes past
59分　（五九分） gojūkyū-fun 59 minutes past
半 han half past
何分 nan-pun ?

Add 分 [fun or pun] after numbers.

分 is pronounced fun or pun depending on after which number it follows.
2, 5, 7, 9 minutes are [fun], 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 minutes are [pun]. After 10 minutes, the
same pattern will be repeated.
0分 can be read either way, [rē fun] or [zero fun].
が～まるちょば
Gamarjobat
[Pantomime Comedy]
Their performance is highly
Second 　秒 [byō] acclaimed worldwide
regardless of cultural
background.
Newsweek magazine chose
日本語 [にほんご] 読み [よみ] 英語 [えいご] Gamarjobat as one of "the
100 most respected

０秒 zero-byō / rē-byō 0 second Japanese people in the

world".

１秒 ichi-byō 1 second
２秒 ni-byō 2 seconds
san-byō 3 seconds
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３秒
４秒 yon-byō 4 seconds
５秒 go-byō 5 seconds
６秒 roku-byō 6 seconds At British TV program
"Comedy Rocks"
７秒 nana-byō 7 seconds
８秒 hachi-byō 8 seconds
９秒 kyu-byō 9 seconds
１０秒 jū-byō 10 seconds Shadow

0.１秒 rē ten ichi-byō 0.1 seconds

0.0２秒 rē ten zeroni-byō 0.02 seconds
何秒 nan-byō ?
Backwards?
Add 秒[byo] after numbers. Official Site
Wikipedia
0 before the decimal point is read [rē], 0 after the point can be either way, [rē] or [zero].

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Examples

4:30 am Gozen yo-ji sanjup-pun / Gozen yo-ji han kundli

by
9:10 pm Gogo ku-ji jup-pun
7:53 Shichi-ji gojūsan-pun
Gogo jūni-ji / Shōgo
date
12 noon

12 midnight Gozen rē-ji

of
Duration 　期間 [kikan] birth
日本語 読み 英語 Clickastro

3時間 san-jikan 3 hours

何時間 nan-jikan How many hours?
10分間 jup-punkan minute(s)
何分間 nan-punkan How many minutes?
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5秒間 go-byōkan 5 seconds
何秒間 nan-byōkan How many seconds?

Add 間 [kan] at the end.

Related Phrases

at

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５時に 5-ji ni at 5 o'clock

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just

５時ちょうどに 5-ji chōdo ni at 5 o'clock sharp

kundli
by
around

５時頃に 5-ji goro ni at around 5 o'clock

５分前 5-fun mae

before

5 minutes before date

５分後 5-fun go
after

after 5 minutes
of
about
birth
約５時間 yaku 5-jikan about 5 hours
Clickastro
what time?

今、何時ですか？ ima, nan-ji desuka? What time is it now?

how long?

どのくらいかかりますか？ donokurai kakarimasuka? How long does it take?

Open

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kundli
by
date
of
birth
Clickastro

Open

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