Counting Objects - Time

Question 1

~じ

Answer 1

o’clock / counter for hours

Question 2

~はん

Answer 2

Half Past ~ (insert hour here)

Question 3

~ふん

Answer 3

Counter for minutes

Question 4

いま

Answer 4

Now

Question 5

なんじ

Answer 5

What Time?

Question 6

Exceptions to telling the time:

とじ

しちじ

くじ

Answer 6

All other numbers of the time are as expected

4 o’clock

7 o’clock

9 o’clock

Question 7

しちじに がっこうに いきました

Answer 7

i went to school at 7 o’clock

Question 8

にじはん です

Answer 8

it’s half past 2

Question 9

いっぷん

にふん

さんふん

よんふん

ごふん

とっぷん

ななふん

はっぷん

きゅうふん

じゅっぷん

Answer 9

1 minute

2 minutes

3 minutes

4 minutes

5 minutes

6 minutes

7 minutes

8 minutes

9 minutes

10 minutes

Question 10

よんじゅうよんふん

Answer 10

44 minutes

Question 11

さんじ にじゅうきゅうふん

Answer 11

3:29 (or 3 hours and 29 minutes)

Question 12

いま なんじ ですか

Answer 12

what time is it?

Question 13

ごぜん

Answer 13

a.m. (note a.m. comes before the time in japanese, not after)

Question 14

ごご

Answer 14

p.m. (note p.m. comes before the time in japanese, not after)

Question 15

から

Answer 15

from (in context of time)

Question 16

まで

Answer 16

until

Question 17

ごご さんじ にじゅうきゅうふん

Answer 17

3:29pm

Question 18

ごぜん はちじ はん から ごご ごじ よんじゅっぷん まで

Answer 18

from half past 8 a.m. till 5.40 p.m.

Question 19

ついたち

ふつか

みっか

よっか

いつか

むいか

なのか

ようか

ここのか

とおか

じゅうよっか

はつか

にじゅうよっか

~にち

なんにち

Answer 19

first of the month

second of the month

third

fourth

fifth

sixth

seventh

eighth

ninth

tenth

fourteenth

twentieth

twentyfourth

counter for all other days of the month

what day of the month?

Question 20

いちがつ ついたち

Answer 20

The first of January

Question 21

なんにち ですか

Answer 21

what day of the month is it?

Question 22

なんがつ なんにち ですか

Answer 22

What is the month and date?

Question 23

~ねん

Answer 23

counter for years

has no exceptions

Question 24

なんねん

Answer 24

what year?

Question 25

せんきゅうひゃくきゅうじゅうきゅうねん

Answer 25

The year 1999

Question 26

にせんねん

Answer 26

The year 2000

Question 27

せん きゅうひゃく ななjゆう よねん にがつ みっか

Answer 27

February 3rd 1974 - note the correct order for dates in Japanese is YYYY/MM/DD

Question 28

~さい

Answer 28

counter for age

Question 29

いっさい

Answer 29

1 year old

Question 30

はっさい

Answer 30

8 years old

Question 31

じゅっさい

Answer 31

10 years old

Question 32

はたち

Answer 32

20 years old

Question 33

なんさい

Answer 33

how many years old?

Question 34

おいくつ

Answer 34

how many years old (polite)

Question 35

あなたは なんさい ですか

Answer 35

how old are you?

Question 36

にじゅういっさい です

Answer 36

i’m 21