In this topic, you'll know about the dates and time in Japanese.
So first, it's better if you memorise the countings from *1-100. It is good to you to better understand dates and time.
There are different way to say the dates in Japanese from date 1-10.
Example of these are.
がつ(月)= gatsu which means month
にち(日)= nichi which means day二月四日- (にがつ よっか) so here, if we translate it in english, it would be february 4. In japanese, we would say it as "ni-gatsu yokka" not "ni-gatsu shi-nichi or ni-gatsu yon-nichi".
Dates:
1- 一日 = tsuitachi
2- 二日 = futsuka
3- 三日 = mikka
4- 四日 = yokka
5- 五日 = itsuka
6- 六日 = muika
7- 七日 = nanoka
8- 八日 = youka
9- 九日 = kokonoka
10- 十日 = touka
14- 十四日 = juu yokka
20- 二十日 = hatsuka
24- 二十四日 = ni-juu yokkaSo the others are the same as what we said in numbers. Number of date + nichi.
Example:
11- 十一日 = juu ichi nichi
16- 十六日= juu roku nichi
25- 二十五日= ni-juu go nichi
30- 三十日 = san-juu nichinext, we must also know what are the days of the weeks(monday, tuesday, etc.) in Japanese..
ようび(曜日)= youbi which means the day of the week
にちようび(日曜日)= nichiyoubi , Sunday.
げつようび(月曜日)= getsuyoubi, Monday.
かようび(火曜日)= kayoubi, Tuesday.
すいようび(水曜日)= suiyoubi, Wednesday.
もくようび(木曜日)= mokuyoubi, Thursday.
きんようび(金曜日)= kinyoubi, Friday.
どようび(土曜日)= doyoubi, Saturday.Example, you will ask what is the day of the week.
A: 今日は何曜日?(kyou wa nanyoubi?) or
今日は 何曜日ですか?(kyou wa nanyoubi desuka?)
"what is the day today?"
B: えと、今日は(the day of the week)です。or
えと、(the day of the week)です
"uhmm, today is (the day of the week)"
A: ありがとう。another example
日付 (hidzuke) = date (formal)
A: 今日は何日?(kyou wa nannichi?) or
今日は何日ですか?(kyou wa nannichi desu ka?)
B: 今日は4月1日です。(kyou wa shigatsu tsuitachi desu)
A: ありがとうThen next, the months in japanese..
一月(いちがつ) = January (ichigatsu)
二月(にがつ)= February (nigatsu)
三月(さんがつ)= March (sangatsu)
四月(しがつ)= April (shigatsu)
五月(ごがつ)= May (gogatsu)
六月(ろくがつ)= June (rokugatsu)
七月(しちがつ)= July (shichigatsu)
八月(はちがつ)= August (hachigatsu)
九月(くがつ)= September (kugatsu)
十月(じゅうがつ)= October (juugatsu)
十一月(じゅういちがつ)= November (juuichigatsu)
十二月(じゅうにがつ)= December (juunigatsu)The format of the date in japan is like this 4月1日2017年.
next topic is about time..
時間(じかん)= Time
午前(ごぜん)= A.M.
午後(ごご)= P.M.秒(びょう)= Seconds
分(pun,bun,fun)= Minute
時(じ)= Hourcredits: http://japanese-lesson.com/vocabulary/words/time.html
Hour
時 [ji] 日本語[Japanese]
0時 (零時)rē-ji 0 o'clock
1時 (一時)ichi-ji 1 o'clock
2時 (二時)ni-ji. 2 o'clock
3時 (三時)san-ji. 3 o'clock
4時 (四時)yo-ji. 4 o'clock
5時 (五時)go-ji. 5 o'clock
6時 (六時)roku-ji. 6 o'clock
7時 (七時)shichi-ji. 7 o'clock
8時 (八時)hachi-ji. 8 o'clock
9時 (九時)ku-ji. 9 o'clock
10時 (十時)jū-ji. 10 o'clock
11時 (十一時)jūichi-ji. 11 o'clock
12時 (十二時)jūni-ji. 12 o'clock
正午. shōgo. 12 noon
何時. nan-ji. What time?
午前. gozen. a.m.
午後. gogo. p.m.Add 時 [ji] after numbers.
Arabic number is usually used.
Minute 分 [fun]
0分 (〇分)rē-fun / zero-fun. 0 minute
1分 (一分)ip-pun. 1 minute past
2分 (二分)ni-fun. 2 minutes past
3分 (三分)san-pun. 3 minutes past
4分 (四分)yon-pun. 4 minutes past
5分 (五分)go-fun. 5 minutes past
6分 (六分)rop-pun. 6 minutes past
7分 (七分)nana-fun. 7 minutes past
8分 (八分)hap-pun. 8 minutes past
9分 (九分)kyū-fun. 9 minutes past
10分 (十分)jup-pun. 10 minutes past
11分 (十一分)jūip-pun. 11 minutes past
20分 (二十分)nijup-pun. 20 minutes past
23分 (二十三分)ni jūsan-pun. 23 minutes past
30分 (三十分)sanjup-pun. 30 minutes past
35分 (三十五分)sanjūgo-fun. 35 minutes past
40分 (四十分)yonjup-pun. 40 minutes past
47分 (四七分)yonjūnana-fun. 47 minutes past
50分 (五十分)gojup-pun. 50 minutes past
59分 (五十九分)gojūkyū-fun. 59 minutes past
半. han. half past.
何分. nan-pun? what minute?Add 分 [fun or pun] after numbers.
分 is pronounced fun or pun depending on after which number it follows.
2, 5, 7, 9 minutes are [fun], 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 minutes are [pun]. After 10 minutes, the same pattern will be repeated.
0分 can be read either way, [rē fun] or [zero fun].
Second 秒 [byō]日本語 [にほんご] 読み [よみ] 英語 [えいご]
0秒zero-byō / rē-byō0 second
1秒ichi-byō1 second
2秒ni-byō2 seconds
3秒san-byō3 seconds
4秒yon-byō4 seconds
5秒go-byō5 seconds
6秒roku-byō6 seconds
7秒nana-byō7 seconds
8秒hachi-byō8 seconds
9秒kyu-byō9 seconds
10秒jū-byō10 seconds
0.1秒rē ten ichi-byō0.1 seconds
0.02秒rē ten zeroni-byō0.02 seconds
何秒nan-byō?Add 秒[byo] after numbers.
0 before the decimal point is read [rē], 0 after the point can be either way, [rē] or [zero].
Examples
4:30 am Gozen yo-ji sanjup-pun / Gozen yo-ji han
9:10 pm Gogo ku-ji jup-pun
7:53 Shichi-ji gojūsan-pun
12 noon Gogo jūni-ji / Shōgo
12 midnight Gozen rē-jiDuration 期間 [kikan]
3時間 san-jikan 3 hours
何時間 nan-jikan How many hours?
10分間 jup-punkan minute(s)
何分間 nan-punkan How many minutes?
5秒間 go-byōkan 5 seconds
何秒間 nan-byōkan How many seconds?
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