Before we get too much further into Japanese grammar and verb
conjugation, I thought it would be a good idea to teach Japanese
numbers, time, days of the week, etc.
| 漢字 - Kanji |
ひらがな - Hiragana |
Romaji
(English Letters) |
English Meaning |
| 一 |
いち |
ichi |
one |
| 二 |
に |
ni |
two |
| 三 |
さん |
san |
three |
| 四 |
し、 よん |
shi (yon after 10) |
four |
| 五 |
ご |
go |
five |
| 六 |
ろく |
roku |
six |
| 七 |
しち、 なな |
shichi (nana after 10) |
seven |
| 八 |
はち |
hachi |
eight |
| 九 |
きゅう |
kyuu |
nine |
| 十 |
じゅう |
juu |
ten |
| 百 |
ひゃく |
hyaku |
hundred |
|
Numbers after 10 are a piece of cake once you know 1 through 10. 11 is
simply ten with a one after it, 十一 (じゅういち, juuichi), 12 - juuni, 13 -
juusan, 14 - juuyon, etc. 20 is simply 二十 (にじゅう, nijuu), 21 -
nijuuichi, and so forth.
Put these numbers in front of the character for time 時 and you've got the time of the day.
| 漢字 - Kanji |
ひらがな - Hiragana |
Romaji
(English Letters) |
English Meaning |
| 一時 |
いちじ |
ichiji |
one o'clock |
| 二時 |
にじ |
niji |
two o'clock |
| 二時半 |
にじはん |
nijihan |
two thirty (半 means half) |
| 二時四十五分 |
にじよんじゅうごふん |
nijiyonjuugofun |
2:45 (分 means minute) |
| ...etc. |
|
Now just put the character for moon 月 after a number and you've got a month.
| 漢字 - Kanji |
ひらがな - Hiragana |
Romaji
(English Letters) |
English Meaning |
| 一月 |
いちがつ |
ichigatsu |
January |
| 二月 |
にがつ |
nigatsu |
February |
| 三月 |
さんがつ |
sangatsu |
March |
| 四月 |
しがつ |
shigatsu |
April |
| ...etc. |
|
Japanese days of the week don't follow such an easy pattern but here they are anyway along with some other time-related words.
| 漢字 - Kanji |
ひらがな - Hiragana |
Romaji
(English Letters) |
English Meaning |
| 日曜日 |
にちようび |
nichiyoubi |
Sunday (日 - sun/day) |
| 月曜日 |
げつようび |
getsuyoubi |
Monday (月 - moon) |
| 火曜日 |
かようび |
kayoubi |
Tuesday (火 - fire) |
| 水曜日 |
すいようび |
suiyoubi |
Wednesday (水 - water) |
| 木曜日 |
もくようび |
mokuyoubi |
Thursday (木 - tree/wood) |
| 金曜日 |
きんようび |
kinyoubi |
Friday (金 - gold) |
| 土曜日 |
どようび |
doyoubi |
Saturday (土 - dirt) |
| 今日 |
きょう |
kyou |
Today |
| 明日 |
あした |
ashita |
Tomorrow |
| 昨日 |
きのう |
kinou |
Yesterday |
| 一昨日 |
おととい |
ototoi |
the day before yesterday |
| 明後日 |
あさって |
asatte |
the day after tomorrow (a small "tsu" (っ) makes a double consonant) |
| 今朝 |
けさ |
kesa |
this morning |
| 今晩 |
こんばん |
konban |
this evening |
| 今 |
いま |
ima |
now |
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