Marugoto Words - Time and Calendar

Time

Hours

  • あさ (asa): Morning

  • ごぜん (gozen): a.m./morning

  • ひる (hiru): Daytime / noon

  • ごご (gogo): p.m. / afternoon

  • よる (yoru): Evening / night

  • ~じ (時) (~ji): O'clock

    • 1時 (ichi-ji): 1 o'clock

    • 2時 (ni-ji): 2 o'clock

    • 3時 (san-ji): 3 o'clock

    • 4時 (yo-ji): 4 o'clock

    • 5時 (go-ji): 5 o'clock

    • 6時 (roku-ji): 6 o'clock

    • 7時 (shichi-ji): 7 o'clock

    • 8時 (hachi-ji): 8 o'clock

    • 9時 (ku-ji): 9 o'clock

    • 10時 (juu-ji): 10 o'clock

    • 11時 (juu-ichi-ji): 11 o'clock

    • 12時 (juu-ni-ji): 12 o'clock

  • Example:

    • 10:45

      To say 10:45, you could combine the expressions for the hours and minutes to say 10時45分 (juu-ji yonjuu go-fun). Alternatively, since 45 minutes is 30 minutes plus 15 minutes, you can also say 11時15分前 (juu-ichi-ji juugo-fun mae) which is '15 minutes before 11 o'clock.'

Minutes

  • ~ふん/ぷん (分) (~fun / pun): Minute

    • 1分 (ippun): 1 minute

    • 2分 (ni-fun): 2 minutes

    • 3分 (san-pun): 3 minutes

    • 4分 (yon-pun): 4 minutes

    • 5分 (go-fun): 5 minutes

    • 6分 (roppun): 6 minutes

    • 7分 (nana-fun): 7 minutes

    • 8分 (happun): 8 minutes

    • 9分 (kyuu-fun): 9 minutes

    • 10分 (juppun): 10 minutes

    • 30分 (sanjuppun): 30 minutes

Half Past

  • ~はん (半) (~han): Half past / half

    • 1時半 (ichi-ji-han): One thirty

    • 1時半ごろ (ichi-ji-han goro): Around one thirty

Time Related Vocabulary

  • 〜ごろ (~goro): About

  • なんじ (nan-ji): What time

  • いつ (itsu): When

Calendar

  • 1月 (ichi-gatsu): January

  • 2月 (ni-gatsu): February

  • 3月 (san-gatsu): March

  • 4月 (shi-gatsu): April

  • 5月 (go-gatsu): May

  • 6月 (roku-gatsu): June

  • 7月 (shichi-gatsu): July

  • 8月 (hachi-gatsu): August

  • 9月 (ku-gatsu): September

  • 10月 (juu-gatsu): October

  • 11月 (juuichi-gatsu): November

  • 12月 (juuni-gatsu): December

  • 1年 (ichi-nen): One year

  • 1ヶ月 (ikka-getsu): One month

  • 1週間 (isshuu-kan): One week

  • 1日 (ichi-nichi): One day

  • 何年 (nan-nen): How many years

  • 何か月 (nan-ka-getsu): How many months

  • 何週間 (nan-shuu-kan): How many weeks

  • 何日 (nan-nichi): How many days