Numbers / Time / Money / Age Flashcards
いち / 一
“ichi”; one; 1
に / 二
“ni”; two; 2
さん / 三
“san”; three; 3
(し / よん) / 四
“shi / yon”; four; 4
し = ? よん = add numbers greater than 10, time, age
ご / 五
“go”; five; 5
ろく / 六
“roku”; six; 6
(しち / なな) / 七
“shichi / nana”; seven; 7
しち = time なな = numbers greater than 10, age
はち / 八
“hachi”; eight; 8
(きゅう / く) / 九
“kyuu / ku”; nine; 9
きゅう = numbers greater than 10, minutes, age く = o'clock
じゅう / 十
“juu”; ten; 10
number + じ / number + 時
number + “ji” (hours); number + o’clock
To tell the time, we add the word じ (ji) which means “hours”, after the number.
いちじ / 一時
“ichiji”; 1 o’clock
にじ / 二時
“niji”; 2 o’clock
さんじ / 三時
“sanji”; 3 o’clock
よじ / 四時
“yoji”; 4 o’clock
ごじ / 五時
“goji”; 5 o’clock
ろくじ / 六時
“rokuji”; 6 o’clock
しちじ / 七時
“shichiji”; 7 o’clock
はちじ / 八時
“hachiji”; 8 o’clock
くじ / 九時
“kuji”; 9 o’clock
じゅうじ / 十時
“juuji”; 10 o’clock
じゅういちじ / 十一時
“juuichiji”; 11 o’clock
じゅうにじ / 十二時
“juuniji”; 12 o’clock
いま + なん +じ + ですか。
今何時ですか。
“ima + nan + ji + desu ka?”; What time is it now?
いま / 今 (ima) means “now”
なん / 何 (nan) means “what”.
十 + number
十四, 十七, 十九
じゅう”juu” (10) + number
To make numbers 11 - 19
じゅうよん (juuyon), じゅうなな (juunana), じゅうきゅう (juukyuu)
number + 十
四十, 七十, 九十
first number + じゅう”juu” (10)
To make numbers 20, 30, 40, 50. 60, 70, 80, and 90
よんじゅう (yonjuu), ななじゅう (nanajuu), きゅうじゅう (kyuujuu)
first number + 十 + second number
first number + じゅう “juu”(10) + second number
To say a specific number between 21 and 99
いま + (number)じ +です。
今(number)時です。
“ima + (number) ji + desu”; It is (#)o’clock now.
ごぜん / 午前
“gozen”; A.M.; morning (before noon)
ごご / 午後
“gogo”; P.M.; afternoon
いま + [ごぜん/ごご] + (number)じ +です。
今 + [午前/午後] + (number)時です。
“ima + [A.M./P.M.] + (number) ji + desu”; It is (#)[A.M./P.M.] now.
[ごご / ごぜん] + (number)じ + はん。
[午前/午後] + (number)時 + 半。
“[gozen/gogo] + (number) ji + han”; (#):30[A.M./P.M.].
To say that it is half past a certain time, we use the word はん (han), which means “half”. We add it after the time.
はん / 半
“han”; half
ふん / 分
“fun”; minute
To say the exact time, we may need to add minutes. “Minute” in Japanese is ふん (fun), but when combined with numbers the first letter often changes. The numbers may also change slightly.
Ex1: 1 minute = いっぷん (ippun) Ex2: 3 minutes = さんぷん (sanpun)
Luckily, we only need to remember those sound changes for the numbers 1-10! The last number right before “minutes” is affected, but everything else stays the same!
Ex1: 34 minutes = さんじゅうよんぷん (sanjuuyonpun)
Ex2: 40 minutes is よんじゅっぷん (yonjuppun)
いっぷん / 一分
“ippun”; 1 minute
にふん / 二分
“nifun”; 2 minutes
さんぷん / 三分
“sanpun”; 3 minutes
よんぷん / 四分
“yonpun”; 4 minutes
ごふん / 五分
“gofun”; 5 minutes
ろっぷん / 六分
“roppun”; 6 minutes
ななふん / 七分
“nanafun”; 7 minutes
はっぷん / 八分
“happun”; 8 minutes
きゅうふん / 九分
“kyuufun”; 9 minutes
じゅっぷん / 十分
“juppun”; 10 minutes