Numbers, Time, and Days of the Week
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.
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.
Now just put the character for moon 月 after a number and you've got a month.
Japanese days of the week don't follow such an easy pattern but here they are anyway along with some other time-related words.
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 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 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)
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 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 |
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 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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