0時 or 零時 (れいじ/reiji) → “0 o’clock”

12時(じゅうにじ/jyuuniji) → “12 o’clock”

11時(じゅういちじ/jyuuichiji) → “11 o’clock”

10時(じゅうじ/jyuuji) → “10 o’clock”

9時(くじ/kuji) → “9 o’clock” (The last tricky one - notice that “9” is pronounced as “く/ku” here, not “きゅう/kyuu”)

8時(はちじ/hachiji) → “8 o’clock”

7時(しちじ/shichiji) → “7 o’clock” (Here’s another tricky pronunciation that will need your attention lol)

6時(ろくじ/rokuji) → “6 o’clock”

5時(ごじ/goji) → “5 o’clock”

4時(よじ/yoji) → “4 o’clock” (Pay attention to this pronunciation! Do you remember I explained at the Numbers episode that “4” can have different pronunciations, depending on what word comes after? Here’s one example! “4 o’clock” is pronounced “よじ/yoji”, not “よんじ/yonji” or “しじ/shiji”)

3時(さんじ/sanji) → “3 o’clock”

2時(にじ/niji) → “2 o’clock”

1時(いちじ/ichiji) → “1 o’clock”

夜(よる/yoru) means “evening/night”, can replace 午後(ごご/gogo) when talking about night hours

昼(ひる/hiru) means “noon” and can be used before a number, replacing 午後(ごご/gogo), to indicate “afternoon”

朝(あさ/asa) means “morning” and can be used before a number when talking about morning hours, replacing “午前(ごぜん/gozen)”

午後(ごご/gogo) → used before the number to indicate “p.m.”

午前(ごぜん/gozen) → used before the number to indicate “a.m.”

Welcome to the first season! In this one we’ll be studying how to talk about time in Japanese. In this first episode, let’s learn how to ask “What time is it now?”: 今何時ですか (いまなんじですか/ima nan ji desu ka) → 今(いま/ima) means “now”, 何(なん/nan or なに/nani) means “what”, 時(じ/ji) means “hour/o’clock”, です(desu) means “to be” and か(ka) is a question particle, can be replaced by “?”.

「Transcription」『1 (いち/ichi), 2 (に/ni), 3 (さん/san), 4 (よん/yon), 5 (ご/go), 6 (ろく/roku), 7 (なな/nana), 8 (はち/hachi), 9 (きゅう/kyuu), 10 (じゅう/jyuu), 11 (じゅういち/jyuuichi), 12 (じゅうに/jyuuni), 13 (じゅうさん/jyuusan), 14 (じゅうよん/jyuuyon), 15 (じゅうご/jyuugo), 16 (じゅうろく/jyuuroku), 17 (じゅうなな/jyuunana), 18 (じゅうはち/jyuuhachi), 19 (じゅうきゅう/jyuukyuu), 20 (にじゅう/nijyuu), 30 (さんじゅう/sanjyuu), 40 (よんじゅう/yonjyuu), 50 (ごじゅう/gojyuu), 60 (ろくじゅう/rokujyuu), 70 (ななじゅう/nanajyuu), 80 (はちじゅう/hachijyuu), 90 (きゅうじゅう/kyuujyuu), 100...