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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
a little girl.
１時　（一時） ichi-ji 1 o'clock
Nicely portraits family
relationships of ordinary
２時　（二時） ni-ji 2 o'clock
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

2nd Episode Preview
１０時　（十時） jū-ji 10 o'clock

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
7th Episode Preview

何時 nan-ji What time? Official Site

Wikipedia
午前 gozen a.m. 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
beautiful low tone voice.
４分　（四分） yon-pun 4 minutes past

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

Brave Shine
８分　（八分） hap-pun 8 minutes past

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

3rd album "DAWN"
35分　（三五分） sanjūgo-fun 35 minutes past
Official Site
40分　（四〇分） yonjup-pun 40 minutes past Wikipedia
YouTube Official Channel
47分　（四七分） yonjūnana-fun 47 minutes past 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

acclaimed worldwide
regardless of cultural

Second　秒 [byō] background.

Newsweek magazine chose
Gamarjobat as one of "the
100 most respected
日本語 [にほんご] 読み [よみ] 英語 [えいご] Japanese people in the
world".
０秒 zero-byō / rē-byō 0 second

１秒 ichi-byō 1 second

２秒 ni-byō 2 seconds

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３秒 san-byō 3 seconds

４秒 yon-byō 4 seconds

５秒 go-byō 5 seconds
At British TV program
６秒 roku-byō 6 seconds "Comedy Rocks"

７秒 nana-byō 7 seconds

８秒 hachi-byō 8 seconds

９秒 kyu-byō 9 seconds
Shadow
１０秒 jū-byō 10 seconds

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?

Official Site
Add 秒[byo] after numbers. Wikipedia

0 before the decimal point is read [rē], 0 after the point can be either way, [rē] or [zero].

Examples
Procurement
4:30 am Gozen yo-ji sanjup-pun / Gozen yo-ji han
Assistant Manager
(Cyberjaya)
9:10 pm Gogo ku-ji jup-pun

7:53 Shichi-ji gojūsan-pun Salary From MYR72000

12 noon Gogo jūni-ji / Shōgo APPLY NOW

12 midnight Gozen rē-ji

Order Processing /
Order Management
(SAP)

Salary From MYR42000

Duration　期間 [kikan] APPLY NOW

Assistant
日本語 読み 英語 Procurement
Manager (Klang)
3時間 san-jikan 3 hours

何時間 nan-jikan How many hours? Salary From MYR72000

10分間 jup-punkan minute(s) APPLY NOW

何分間 nan-punkan How many minutes?

5秒間 go-byōkan 5 seconds

何秒間 nan-byōkan How many seconds?

Add 間 [kan] at the end.

Related Phrases
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®koobe
at

®koobecaF
５時に 5-ji ni at 5 o'clock

just Try
５時ちょうどに 5-ji chōdo ni at 5 o'clock sharp Games on
Facebook
around

５時頃に 5-ji goro ni at around 5 o'clock Play single-player

and multi-player
before
games with friends
on Facebook.
５分前 5-fun mae 5 minutes before

Facebook®
after

５分後 5-fun go after 5 minutes

about

約５時間 yaku 5-jikan about 5 hours

what time?

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

Visit Site

how long?

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

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