To tell time in Japanese you need to learn the counters for hours and minutes. They are 時 and 分, 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, 今何時ですか?. In this lesson, we will start by introducing the counter for hours.
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| 1:00 | 一時ichiji |
| 2:00 | 二時niji |
| 3:00 | 三時sanji |
| 4:00 | 四時yoji |
| 5:00 | 五時goji |
| 6:00 | 六時rokuji |
| 7:00 | 七時shichiji |
| 8:00 | 八時hachiji |
| 9:00 | 九時kuji |
| 10:00 | 十時juuji |
| 11:00 | 十 一時juu ichiji |
| 12:00 | 十 二時juu niji |
In a later lesson, you'll learn how to distinguish between AM and PM.
