じかん (jikan) - Time

To tell time, just add じ (ji) to the number.

1 o'clock - いちじ (ichi ji)

2 o'clock - にじ (ni ji)

3 o'clock - さんじ (san ji)

4 o'clock - よじ (yo ji)*

5 o'clock - ごじ (go ji)

6 o'clock - ろくじ (roku ji)

7 o'clock - しちじ (shichi ji)

8 o'clock - はちじ (hachi ji)

9 o'clock - くじ (ku ji)*

10 o'clock - じゅうじ (juu ji)

11 o'clock - じゅういちじ (juuichi ji)

12 o'clock - じゅうにじ (juuni ji)

* Note: Please note 4 and 9 o'clock are slightly different.

~ Half past ~

Half past 1 - いちじはん (ichiji han)

Half past 2 - にじはん (niji han)

~ Minutes ~

Minutes are either ぷん (pun) or ふん (fun).

1 min - いっぷん (ippun)

2 min - にふん (nifun)

3 min - さんぷん (sanpun)

4 min - よんぷん (yonpun)

5 min - ごふん (gofun)

6 min - ろっぷん (roppun)*

7 min - ななふん (nanafun)

8 min - はっぷん or はちふん (happun or hachifun)*

9 min - きゅうふん (kyuufun)

10 min - じゅっぷん (juppun)*

11 min - じゅういっぷん (juuippun)

12 min - じゅうにふん (juunifun)

13 min - じゅさんぷん (juusanpun)

14 min - じゅうよんぷん (juuyonpun)

15 min - じゅうごふん (juugofun)

16 min - じゅうろっぷん (juuroppun)

17 min - じゅうななふん (juunanafun)

18 min - じゅうはっぷん or じゅうはちふん (juuhappun or juuhachifun)

19 min - じゅうきゅうふん (juukyuufun)

20 min - にじゅっぷん (nijuupun)

30 min - さんじゅっぷん (sanjuupun)

* Note: Please take note of 6, 8 and 10 for the slight variation.

~ A.M. and P.M. ~

A.M. - ごぜん or 午前 (gozen)

P.M. - ごご or 午後 (gogo)

Ready to tell time?

Example:

1:15 - いちじじゅうごふん (ichi ji + juugo + fun)

1:15 PM - ごごいちじじゅうごふん (gogo + ichi ji + juugo + fun)

9.32 AM - ごぜんくじさんじゅうにふん (gozen + kuji + sanjuu ni + fun)

==> But how do you tell length of time?

How would you answer a question such as "How long does the journey take?" or "How long does it take to run a marathorn?"?

For just hours and minutes, refer back to the example of "1:15" from the above.

But if it crucial that you include seconds as well, then you would need to add びょう or 秒 (byou).

Example: 1hr 15 min 35 sec - いちじじゅうごふんさんじゅうごびょう (ichiji + juugofun + sanjuugo byou)

~ Rene ~

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