1 ichi 21 nijuuichi 100 hyaku

2 ni 22 nijuuni 150 hyakugojuu

3 san 23 nijuusan 200 nihyaku

4 yon/shi 30 sanjuu 300 sanbyaku

5 go 31 sanjuuichi 1000 sen

6 roku 32 sanjuuni 1500 sengohyaku

7 nana/shichi 40 yonjuu 2000 nisen

8 hachi 41 yonjuuichi 10000 ichiman

9 kyuu/ku 42 yonjuuni 100000 juuman

10 juu 50 gojuu 1000000 hyakuman

11 juuichi 51 gojuuichi 10000000 senman

12 juuni 52 gojuuni 100,000,000 ichioku

13 juusan 60 rokujuu    

14 juushi 61 rokujuuichi    

15 juugo 70 nanajuu    

16 juuroku 71 nanajuuichi    

17 juushichi 80 hachijuu    

18 juuhachi 81 hachijuuichi    

19 juuku 90 kyuujuu    

20 nijuu 91 kyuujuuichi    

100 hyaku 1000 sen

200 nihyaku 2000 nisen

300 sanbyaku 3000 sanzen

400 yonhyaku 4000 yonsen

500 gohyaku 5000 gosen

600 roppyaku 6000 rokusen

700 nanahyaku 7000 nanasen

800 happyaku 8000 hassen

900 kyuuhyaku 9000 kyuusen

100 hyaku 1000 sen

200 nihyaku 2000 nisen

300 sanbyaku 3000 sanzen

400 yonhyaku 4000 yonsen

500 gohyaku 5000 gosen

600 roppyaku 6000 rokusen

700 nanahyaku 7000 nanasen

800 happyaku 8000 hassen

900 kyuuhyaku 9000 kyuusen

時間 jikan - Time午前 gozen - A.M. (morning)午後 gogo - P.M. (afternoon)前 mae - Before (before the hour)

TIME1:15 P.M. - gogo ichiji juugofun7 A.M. - gozen shichiji6:30 - rokuji sanjuupun6:31 - rokuji sanjuu ippun6:45 P.M. - gogo rokuji yonjuugo fun15 'til 7 - shichiji juugo fun mae*一分 ippun 1 minute

二分 ni fun 2 minutes

三分 san pun 3 minutes

四分 yon pun 4 minutes

五分 go fun 5 minutes

*六分 roppun 6 minutes

七分 nana fun 7 minutes

*八分 happun or hachifun 8 minutes

九分 kyuu fun 9 minutes

*十分 juppun 10 minutes

*十一分 juu ippun 11 minutes1) Changes to the number itself The number is changed in 1, 6, 8 (sometimes) and 10:Normal Number:

Changed Number:

一 ichi六 roku八 hachi十 juu

一分 ippun六分 roppun八分 happun (or often はちふん)十分 juppun (without the extra う)

2) Changes to the 'fun'The 分 can change to 'pun' or sometimes 'bun' after some sounds. Please note, this is highly regional and the following should be used as a guide for further study.Affected Numbers

一分 ippun三分 san pun 四分 yon pun 六分 roppun八分 happun (or often はちふん)十分 juppun

Days of the weekThe Japanese names for the days of the week all end with yōbi.

Japanese Pronunciation English

getsuyôbi geh-tsoo-yooo-bee Monday

kayôbi kah-yooo-bee Tuesday

suiyôbi soo-ee-yooo-bee Wednesday

mokuyôbi moh-coo-yooo-bee Thursday

kinyôbi keen-yooo-bee Friday

doyôbi doh-yooo-bee Saturday

nichiyôbi nee-chee-yooo-bee

Sunday

Other phrases used to indicate the days of the week include:kyō (kyohh) (today)kinō (kee-nohh) (yesterday)ashita (ah-shee-tah) (tomorrow)In Japanese, the words for the months of the year are based on the numbers 1–12 and end in the Japanese word for month: gatsu.ichi-gatsu (ee-chee-gah-tsoo) (January)ni-gatsu (nee-gah-tsoo) (February)san-gatsu (sahn-gah-tsoo) (March)shi-gatsu (shee-gah-tsoo) (April)go-gatsu (goh-gah-tsoo) (May)roku-gatsu (roh-coo-gah-tsoo) (June)shichi-gatsu (shee-chee-gah-tsoo) (July)hachi-gatsu (hah-chee-gah-tsoo) (August)ku-gatsu (coo-gah-tsoo) (September)jū-gatsu (juuu-gah-tsoo) (October)jūichi-gatsu (juuu-ee-chee-gah-tsoo) (November)jūni-gatsu (juuu-ni-gah-tsoo) (December)

Days of the monthWhen referring to the days of the month in Japanese, you'll see that they are full of irregularities:

Days of the Month

Tsuitachi the first

Futsuka the second

Mikka the third

Yokka the fourth

Itsuka the fifth

Muika the sixth

Nanoka the seventh

yôka the eighth

Kokonoka the ninth

tôka the tenth

jûichi-nichi the 11th

jûni-nichi the 12th

jûsan-nichi the 13th

jûyokka the 14th

jûgo-nichi the 15th

jûroku-nichi the 16th

jûshichi-nichi the 17th

jûhachi-nichi the 18th

jûku-nichi the 19th

hatsuka the 20th

nijûichi-nichi the 21st

nijûni-nichi the 22nd

nijûsan-nichi the 23rd

nijûyokka the 24th

nijûgo-nichi the 25th

nijûroku-nichi the 26th

nijûshichi-nichi

the 27th

nijûhachi-nichi the 28th

nijûku-nichi the 29th

sanjû-nichi the 30th

sanjûichi-nichi the 31st

You can use the following phrases as a guide when talking about dates in Japanese: Kyō wa nan-nichi desu ka. (What is today's date?) Kyō wa jūroku-nichi desu. (Today is the 16th.) Kyō wa nanyōbi desu ka. (What day is it today?) Getsuyōbi desu. (It's Monday.)Telling timeThe time of day can be described in general terms or specific times. The following words can be used to describe the general time of day:

asa (ah-sah) (morning) hiru (hee-roo) (noon) gogo (goh-goh) (afternoon) ban (bahn) (evening) yoru (yoh-roo) (night) When expressing time between the hours, use these terms to

break things down: ji (o'clock) jikan (hour) gozen (a.m.) gogo (p.m.) yíkèzhōng (quarter hour) fun (minute) byō (second) han (half)

Japanese commonly uses the 24-hour clock for all official listings, such as plane and train schedules. For every hour after 12 noon, just add an hour. So 2:15 p.m. is 14:15 (jūyo-ji jūgo-fun).

When you want to know a specific time of day, you can ask Ima nan-ji desu ka. (What time is it now?) The following are some examples of specific times.

On the Clock

ichi-ji 1 o'clock

ni-ji 2 o'clock

san-ji 3 o'clock

yo-ji 4 o'clock

go-ji 5 o'clock

roku-ji 6 o'clock

shichi-ji 7 o'clock

hachi-ji 8 o'clock

ku-ji 9 o'clock

jû-ji 10 o'clock

jûichi-ji 11 o'clock

jûni-ji 12 o'clock

shichi-ji jûgo-fun 7:15

jûichi-ji go-fun mae

10:55 (5 minutes to 11)

gozen jûichi-ji 11 a.m.

You can use the following phrases as a guide when talking about time in Japanese: Jūichi-ji jūgo-fun desu. (It's 11:15.) Nan-ji kara desu ka. (From what time?) Nan-ji made desu ka. (Until what time?) Ni-ji kara go-ji made desu. (It's from 2 to 5.) Nan-ji ni demasu ka. (At what time are you leaving?) San-ji ni demasu. (I'll leave at 3.) Nan-jikan kakarimasu ka. (How many hours does it take?) Ni-jikan kakarimasu. (It takes two hours.)