Class notes · Japanese for beginners
Telling Time & Daily Routineなんじ ですか。
Instructor: NoomenClass of October 18, 2026
Everything from today's class in one place: katakana loanwords, reading the clock, words for parts of the day, the days of the week, example dialogues and the grammar behind them. Tap cards to flip, move the clock hands, and finish with a quiz.
Katakana loanwords
カタカナWords borrowed from other languages are written in katakana. Tap a card to see its reading and meaning.
Telling time
〜じ 〜ふん／ぷんHours take じ (時). Minutes take ふん or ぷん (分) depending on the number. Move the sliders and the clock reads itself.
午後 2時10分
ごご にじ じゅっぷん
gogo ni-ji juppun
2:10 p.m.
Red hand = hours (じ), blue hand = minutes (ふん／ぷん).
Hours · 〜じ
| Time | Reading | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| 1時 | いちじ | ichi-ji |
| 2時 | にじ | ni-ji |
| 3時 | さんじ | san-ji |
| 4時 | よじ | yo-ji |
| 5時 | ごじ | go-ji |
| 6時 | ろくじ | roku-ji |
| 7時 | しちじ | shichi-ji |
| 8時 | はちじ | hachi-ji |
| 9時 | くじ | ku-ji |
| 10時 | じゅうじ | jū-ji |
| 11時 | じゅういちじ | jūichi-ji |
| 12時 | じゅうにじ | jūni-ji |
Shaded rows are the ones to watch: 4 is よじ, 7 is しちじ, 9 is くじ.
Minutes · 〜ふん／ぷん
| Min | Reading | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| 1分 | いっぷん | ippun |
| 2分 | にふん | nifun |
| 3分 | さんぷん | sanpun |
| 4分 | よんぷん | yonpun |
| 5分 | ごふん | gofun |
| 6分 | ろっぷん | roppun |
| 7分 | ななふん | nanafun |
| 8分 | はっぷん | happun |
| 9分 | きゅうふん | kyūfun |
| 10分 | じゅっぷん | juppun |
| 15分 | じゅうごふん | jūgofun |
| 18分 | じゅうはっぷん | jūhappun |
| 20分 | にじゅっぷん | nijuppun |
| 30分 | さんじゅっぷん | sanjuppun |
1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 take ぷん; 2, 5, 7, 9 take ふん. Larger numbers follow the last digit: 18 → じゅうはっぷん.
Parts of the day
まい〜 = everyAdd まい (毎) in front of a time word to say “every”: あさ → まいあさ, ばん → まいばん, にち → まいにち.
The slide shows きゅけい; the standard spelling is きゅうけい (休憩), with a long う.
こんばん (今晩) means “this evening”. Add は (pronounced wa) and it becomes the greeting こんばんは, “good evening”.
Days of the week
〜ようびEach day is named after a natural element, then 曜日 (ようび). Learn the element and the day follows.
Dialogues & sentences
かいわQuestions use なんじ (what time) and なんようび (what day). Tap the speaker icon to hear a line.
What time is it?
Time in another city
Opening hours
Days off
Bedtime
Teacher and Anna · health checkup
Grammar points
ぶんぽう“N1 and N2”. Connects two related nouns. Use it for nouns only, not to join sentences.
“From … until …”. Marks the start and end of a time span. Either part can be used alone.
Put に after a specific clock time to say when an action happens. Words like まいばん or あした don't take に.
ごぜん (午前) is a.m., ごご (午後) is p.m. They come before the time. Midnight can be ごぜん 0じ.
Quick quiz
10 もんTen questions drawn from everything above. Pick the correct meaning or reading.
Class notes from Noomen's Japanese lesson · words, sentences and grammar as presented on the slides, with readings and translations added.