If you know the numbers in Japanese, you can quickly figure out how to ask and tell the time. ji (時) is the word for time; pun or fun (分) is the word for minute.

Listen to some time expressions in Japanese

What time is it now? ima nanji desu ka? 今何時ですか
It's two o'clock. ni-ji desu 二時です
It's ten o'clock. jyu-ji desu　十時です
It's two twenty. ni-ji nijupun desu　二時二十分です
It's ten twenty-five. jyu-ji nijugofun desu 十時二十五分
It's three thirty (half-past three). sanji sanjyupun/sanji han desu 三時半です
It's ten fifty jyuuji gojyupun desu 十時五十分です
It's ten minutes to eleven jyuichijijyupunmae desu 十一時十分前です
AM gozen 午前
PM gogo　午後


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