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So, I am hoping most of you had a chance to read my last article that talked about how to tell time in Japanese. If you were new to the topic, I hope you had a chance to learn a little bit about it. Related to my last article, here is a bit more complicated expression about time. Below I have collected some useful and most often used ones.<\/p>\n
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~till<\/strong><\/p>\n In English, we often say, \u201c10 till 4\u201d or \u201c 5 till 6\u201d, etc. In Japanese, we have a similar way of saying this, and here are some examples for you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10 till 7 (10 minutes before 7 o\u2019clock) \u00a0Hichi ji jyu pun mae (\uff17\u3058\u3000\uff11\uff10\u3077\u3093\u3000\u307e\u3048)<\/p>\n ** Note: 7 can be said either “Hichi” or “Shichi”.<\/p>\n 5 till 8 (5 minutes before 8 o\u2019clock) Hachi ji go fun mae (\uff18\u3058\u3000\uff15\u3075\u3093\u3000\u307e\u3048)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Notice that in Japanese, the numbers are flipped. \u201cmae\u201d above mentions \u201ctill\u201d or \u201cbefore\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ~after ~<\/strong><\/p>\n 10 after 4 (10 minutes after 4 o\u2019clock) Yo ji jyu pun sugi (\uff14\u3058\u3000\uff11\uff10\u3077\u3093\u3000\u3059\u304e)<\/p>\n Quarter after 7 (15 minutes after 7 o\u2019clock) \u00a0Hichi ji jyugo fun fun sugi (\uff17\u3058\u3000\uff11\uff15\u3075\u3093\u3000\u3059\u304e)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Notice that the order of the numbers are again flipped in Japanese. \u201csugi\u201d here means \u201cafter\u201d.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Half ~ 30 minutes ~<\/strong><\/p>\n For 8:30 or 9:30 etc, there are two major ways of saying this in Japanese..<\/p>\n Both of these are commonly used, so it will be good to know both ways.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AM & PM <\/strong><\/p>\n AM<\/strong> is \u201cGozen\uff08\u5348\u524d\u3001\u3054\u305c\u3093\uff09\u201d in Japanese<\/p>\n PM us \u201c<\/strong>Gogo\uff08\u5348\u5f8c\u3001\u3054\u3054\uff09\u201d in Japanese<\/p>\n In formal letters or conversations, it is often used such as,<\/p>\n \u201cMeeting will start at 10 am tomorrow\u201d<\/p>\n This will be,<\/p>\n \u201cKaigi wa asu gozen 10 ji ni hajimarimasu.\u201d (\u4f1a\u8b70\u306f\u3000\u660e\u65e5\u3001\u5348\u524d\u3000\uff11\uff10\u6642\u306b\u3000\u59cb\u307e\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u304b\u3044\u304e\u306f\u3000\u3042\u3059\u3000\u3054\u305c\u3093\u3000\uff11\uff10\u3058\u306b\u3000\u306f\u3058\u307e\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you get a good understanding of these expressions mentioned in this article as well as my previous one, you are all set for telling time in Japanese. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, I am hoping most of you had a chance to read my last article that talked about how to tell time in Japanese. If you were new to the topic, I hope you had a chance to learn a little bit about it. Related to my last article, here is a bit more…<\/p>\n\n