4時(よじ/yoji) → “4 o’clock” (Pay attention to this pronunciation! Do you remember I explained at the Numbers episode that “4” can have different pronunciations, depending on what word comes after? Here’s one example! “4 o’clock” is pronounced “よじ

Talking ‘bout time - Ep. 9 (３時)

May 27th, 2020 1s

3時(さんじ/sanji) → “3 o’clock”

Talking ‘bout time - Ep. 8 (２時)

May 27th, 2020 1s

2時(にじ/niji) → “2 o’clock”

Talking ‘bout time - Ep. 7 (１時)

May 27th, 2020 2s

1時(いちじ/ichiji) → “1 o’clock”

Talking ‘bout time - Ep. 6 (夜)

May 27th, 2020 1s

夜(よる/yoru) means “evening/night”, can replace 午後(ごご/gogo) when talking about night hours

Talking ‘bout time - Ep. 5 (昼)

May 27th, 2020 1s

昼(ひる/hiru) means “noon” and can be used before a number, replacing 午後(ごご/gogo), to indicate “afternoon”

Talking ‘bout time - Ep. 4 (朝)

May 27th, 2020 2s

朝(あさ/asa) means “morning” and can be used before a number when talking about morning hours, replacing “午前(ごぜん/gozen)”

Talking ‘bout time - Ep. 3 (午後)

May 27th, 2020 2s

午後(ごご/gogo) → used before the number to indicate “p.m.”

Talking ‘bout time - Ep. 2 (午前)

May 27th, 2020 2s

午前(ごぜん/gozen) → used before the number to indicate “a.m.”

Talking ‘bout time - Ep. 1 (今何時ですか。)

May 27th, 2020 3s

Welcome to the first season! In this one we’ll be studying how to talk about time in Japanese. In this first episode, let’s learn how to ask “What time is it now?”: 今何時ですか (いまなんじですか/ima nan ji desu ka) → 今(いま/ima) means “now”, 何(なん/nan or なに/na

Bonus

Numbers in Japanese - how to count from 1 to 9999

May 19th, 2020 1m 10s

「Transcription」『1 (いち/ichi), 2 (に/ni), 3 (さん/san), 4 (よん/yon), 5 (ご/go), 6 (ろく/roku), 7 (なな/nana), 8 (はち/hachi), 9 (きゅう/kyuu), 10 (じゅう/jyuu), 11 (じゅういち/jyuuichi), 12 (じゅうに/jyuuni), 13 (じゅうさん/jyuusan), 14 (じゅうよん/jyuuyon), 15 (じゅうご/jyuugo), 16 (じ