Japanese
Lesson 82: Telling time: minutes
We introduce the counter for minutes below, which will enable you to tell the time. A useful word for telling time is 半, which means half. You can place it after an hour to say half past X o'clock. For example, half past four o'clock is 四時半.
English | Japanese |
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one minute | 一分 ippun |
two minutes | 二分 nihun |
three minutes | 三分 sanpun |
four minutes | 四分 yonpun |
five minutes | 五分 gohun |
six minutes | 六分 roppun |
seven minutes | 七分 nanahun |
eight minutes | 八分 happun |
nine minutes | 九分 kyuuhun |
ten minutes | 十分 zyuppun |
eleven minutes | 十 一分 zyuu ippun |
twenty minutes | 二十分 nizyuppun |