| O'clock | Japanese Hour Romanji |
Hiragana | Kanji | Japanese Minute Romanji |
Katakana | Kanji |
| 1 o'clock | ichiji | いちじ | 一時 | ippun | いっぷん | 一分 |
| 2 o'clock | niji | にじ | 二時 | nifun | にふん | 二分 |
| 3 o'clock | sanji | さんじ | 三時 | sanpun | さんぷｎ | 三分 |
| 4 o'clock | yoji | よじ | 四時 | yonpun | よんぷん | 四分 |
| 5 o'clock | goji | ごじ | 五時 | gofun | ごふん | 五分 |
| 6 o'clock | rokuji | ろくじ | 六時 | roppun | ろっぷん | 六分 |
| 7 o'clock | shichiji | しちじ | 七時 | nanafun | ななふん | 七分 |
| 8 o'clock | hachiji | はちじ | 八時 | happun | はっぷん | 八分 |
| 9 o'clock | kuji | くじ | 九時 | kyufun | きゅふん | 九分 |
| 10 o'clock | juuji | じゅうじ | 十時 | juppun | じゅっぷん | 十分 |
| 11 o'clock | juuichiji | じゅういちじ | 十一時 | juuippun | じゅういっぷん | 十一分 |
| 12 o'clock | juuniji | じゅうにじ | 十二時 | juunifun | じゅうにふん | 十二分 |
| ? | nanji | なんじ | 何時 | nanpun | なんぷん | 何分 |
The suffix for hours or o'clock is -ji. Note that 4 o'clock is pronounced as yoji, not yonji.
Minutes
For minutes attach -fun to the standard set of numbers.
| :01 | ippun | :21 | nijuuippun | :41 | yonjuuippun |
| :02 | nifun | :22 | nijuunifun | :42 | yonjuunifun |
| :03 | sanpun | :23 | nijuusanpun | :43 | yonjuusanpun |
| :04 | yonpun | :24 | nijuuyonpun | :44 | yonjuuyonpun |
| :05 | gofun | :25 | nijuugofun | :45 | yonjuugofun |
| :06 | roppun | :26 | nijuuroppun | :46 | yonjuuroppun |
| :07 | nanafun | :27 | nijuunanafun | :47 | yonjuunanafun |
| :08 | happun | :28 | nijuuhappun | :48 | yonjuuhappun |
| :09 | kyuufun | :29 | nijuukyuufun | :49 | yonjuukyuufun |
| :10 | juppun | :30 | sanjuppun | :50 | gojuppun |
| :11 | juuippun | :31 | sanjuuippun | :51 | gojuuippun |
| :12 | juunifun | :32 | sanjuunifun | :52 | gojuunifun |
| :13 | juusanpun | :33 | sanjuusanpun | :53 | gojuusanpun |
| :14 | juuyonpun | :34 | sanjuuyonpun | :54 | gojuuyonpun |
| :15 | juugofun | :35 | sanjuugofun | :55 | gojuugofun |
| :16 | juuroppun | :36 | sanjuuroppun | :56 | gojuuroppun |
| :17 | juunanafun | :37 | sanjuunanafun | :57 | gojuunanafun |
| :18 | juuhappun | :38 | sanjuuhappun | :58 | gojuuhappun |
| :19 | juukyuufun | :39 | sanjuukyuufun | :59 | gojuukyuufun |
| :20 | nijuppun | :40 | yonjuppun |
Below is the sample time of day combine the hour and with the minute.
| fun | pun | |
| 1:05 | ichi-ji gofun | |
| 1:10 | ichi-ji juppun | |
| 1:15 | ichi-ji juugofun | |
| 1:20 | ichi-ji nijuppun | |
| 1:25 | ichi-ji nijuugofun | |
| 1:30 | ichi-ji han ichi-ji sanjuppun |
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| 1:35 | ichi-ji sanjuugofun | |
| 1:40 | ichi-ji yonjuppun | |
| 1:45 | ichi-ji yonjuugofun | |
| 1:50 | ichi-ji gojuppun |
| jikan 時間 |
time |
| fun, pun 分 |
minutes |
| gozen 午前 |
a.m. |
| gogo 午後 |
p.m. |
| shougo 正午 |
noon |
| mayonaka 真夜中 |
midnight |
| Nan ji desu ka. 何時ですか。 |
What time is it? |
| Ichiji desu. 一時です。 |
It's one o 'clock. |
| Gozen ku ji desu. 午前九時です。 |
It's 9 a.m. |
| Gogo san ji han desu. 午後三時半です。 |
It's 3:30 p.m |
Note that gozen and gogo should appear before the time, not after. Han means half, as in half past the hour.
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