じかん (Time)
じかん (Jikan - Time) is the next section of numbers we’ll be covering. This post will cover hours & half past. (i.e 4:30)
Fist things first: Questions & Answers.
What time is it?
Ima nanji desu ka?
いま なんじ です か?
It is ___.
___ desu.
___です.
To get the hour, basically take the number & stick じ (ji) on the end.
3:00 would be さんじ (sanji). Ji is kind of like adding “o’clock,” but it literally means hour.
| 1. | ichiji | いちじ |
| 2. | niji | にじ |
| 3. | sanji | さんじ |
| 4. | yoji* | よじ |
| 5. | goji | ごじ |
| 6. | rokuji | ろくじ |
| 7. | shichiji* | しちじ |
| 8. | hachiji | はちじ |
| 9. | kuji* | くじ |
| 10. | juuji | じゅうじ |
| 11. | juuichiji | じゅういちじ |
| 12. | juuniji | じゅうにじ |
**Take note of 4,7 & 9. They use these specific forms of the numbers.
To get half-past you just add はん (han). Han actually means half.
4:30 is よじはん.
Also, to differentiate between am/pm you’d use gozen for am & gogo for pm.
3:00 am
gozen sanji desu
ごぜん さんじ です
5:30 pm (This one makes me laugh)
gogo goji han desu
ごご ごじ はん
