Japanese

To tell time in Japanese you need to learn the counters for hours and minutes. They are 時じ and 分ふん, respectively.

Just like with English, you say the time by stating the hour followed by the minute. To ask what time is it, you say, 今いま何なん時じですか?. In this lesson, we will start by introducing the counter for hours.

English	Japanese
1:00	一いち時じ itizi
2:00	二に時じ nizi
3:00	三さん時じ sanzi
4:00	四よ時じ yozi
5:00	五ご時じ gozi
6:00	六ろく時じ rokuzi
7:00	七しち時じ sitizi
8:00	八はち時じ hatizi
9:00	九く時じ kuzi
10:00	十じゅう時じ zyuuzi
11:00	十じゅう　一いち時じ zyuu itizi
12:00	十じゅう　二に時じ zyuu nizi

In a later lesson, you'll learn how to distinguish between AM and PM.