Japanese Vocabulary: Conversation about Time in Japanese

Japanese Vocabulary: Conversation about Time in Japanese

This is the summary of vocabularies in my previous post about time conversation. You can check it here: Conversation about Time in Japanese.

You can also check my blog about Time in Japanese: Let’s talk about time in Japanese.

Now let’s check the vocabularies:

Conversation 1:

Japanese	Romaji	English
いま (今)	Ima	Now
なん (何)	Nan (Nani)	¹ What
じ (時)	Ji	² Suffix to determine Time
です	Desu	³ Vert ‘to be’
か	Ka	⁴ Japanese Particle (Question marker)
は	Ha	³ Japanese Particle (Topic marker)
９じ (9時)	Kuji	9:00 (9 o’clock)
はん (半)	Han	Half or half an hour
ごぜん (午前)	Gozen	A.M or in the morning
７じ (７時)	Shichiji	7:00 (7 o’clock)

Conversation 2:

Japanese	Romaji	English
わたしたち (私達) わたし (私) たち (達)	Watashitachi Watashi Tachi	⁵ We           I (Japanese Pronoun)             Suffice for plural pronouns
は	Ha	³ Japanese Particle (Topic marker)
あした (明日)	Ashita	Tomorrow
なん (何)	Nan (Nani)	¹ What
じ (時)	Ji	² Suffix to determine Time
に	Ni	Japanese Particle
あえます (会えます)	Aemasu	To meet
か	Ka	⁴ Japanese Particle (Question marker)
くれば (来れば)	Kureba	Should come
いい	Ii	Good (lit.)
です	Desu	³ Vert ‘to be’
ごぜん (午前)	Gozen	A.M or in the morning
１０じ (１０時)	Juuji	10:00 (10 o’clock)
あいましょう (会いましょう)	Aimashou	To meet
ごご (午後)	Gogo	P.M or in the afternoon
１３じ (１３時)	Juusanji	13:00 (1 o’clock)
ゆうがた (夕方)	Yuugata	Evening
２０じ (２０時)	Nijuuji	20:00 (8 o’clock)

For 来ればいいですか, if we will translate each words, it will have a different meaning. But the literal translation of 来ればいいですか is ‘Should I come?’

あえます (会えます) and あいます (会います) are from the same verb あう (会う) meaning to ‘meet’. おあいしましょう (お会いしましょう) is the polite way of saying ‘Let’s meet’.

Conversation 3:

Japanese	Romaji	English
かいぎ (会議)	Kaigi	Meeting
は	Ha	³ Japanese Particle (Topic marker)
いつ	Itsu	¹ When
はじまります (始まります)	Hajimarimasu	To start
か	Ka	⁴ Japanese Particle (Question marker)
９じ (９時)	Kuji	9:00 (9 o’clock)
４５ふん (４５分) ふん (分)	Yonjuugo fun fun	45 minutes           numerical classifier for minute
に	Ni	Japanese Particle
ミーティング	Mi-thingu (Mi-tingu)	Meeting
１０じ (１０時)	Juuji	10:00 (10 o’clocl)
１５ふん (１５分)	Juugo fun	15 minutes
まえ (前)	Mae	Before
その	Sono	⁶ That
おわります	Owarimasu	To end / finish
５じ (５時)	Goji	5:00 (5 o’clock)

I spelled the romaji ofミーティング to Mi-thingu. This spelling is use for typing using the keyboard.  ティ is read as ‘ti’ but if you type ティ in keyboard, チ will appear. That’s why, I write it as ‘thi’. 

Conversation 4:

Japanese	Romaji	English
なん (何)	Nan (Nani)	¹ What
じかん (時間)	Jikan	² Time
はたらきます (働きます)	Hatarakimasu	To work
か	Ka	⁴ Japanese Particle (Question marker)
いちにち (一日)	Ichi nichi	One day (In a day)
じ (時)	Ji	² Suffix to determine Time
に	Ni	Japanese Particle
あなた	Anata	⁵ You (Japanese pronoun)
の	No	Japanese Particle
しごと (仕事)	Shigoto	Work
は	Ha	³ Japanese Particle (Topic marker)
はじまり (始まり)	Hajimari	To start
と	To	Japanese Particle
おわります (終わります)	Owarimasu	To end / finish
８じ (８時)	Hachiji	8:00 (8 o’clock)
から	Kara	From
１７じ (１７時)	Juushichiji	17:00 (5 o’clock)
まで	Made	Until / up to
を	Wo	Japanese Particle
します	Shimasu	Verb ‘to do something'
わたし (私)	Watashi	⁵ I (Japanese Pronoun)
９じ (９時)	Kuji	9:00 (9 o’clock)
１８じ (１８時)	Juuhachiji	18:00 (6 o’clock)
です	Desu	³ Verb ‘to be’
８じかん (８時間)	Hachi Jikan	8 hours
いじょう (以上)	Ijou	More (or more)
はたらいています (働いています)	Hataraiteimasu	Working
アルバイト	Arubaito	Part-time job
として	Toshite	As / by the way
４じかん (４時間)	Yonjikan	4 hours

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Related Topic

1 How to ask questions in Japanese?
2 Let’s talk about time in Japanese
3 The Japanese particle は
4 The Japanese particle か
5 Japanese Pronouns
6 The Japanese Ko-So-A-Do

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