How to tell Time in Japanese!

It is interesting to know how to ask and tell the time in Japanese.

But first, I suggest you read the numbers.

Numbers

In Japanese, the numbers are now writing mainly in Arabic figures, but of course there are Japanese characters for each.

Here are the numbers, with their kanji and pronunciation:

0	zero, rei	ゼロ
1	ichi	一
2	ni	ニ
3	san	三
4	shi/yon	四
5	go	五
6	roku	六
7	shichi/nana	七
8	hachi	八
9	kyû/ku	九
10	jû	十
100	hyaku	千
1000	sen	万

What time is it?
To ask the time in Japanese, we say いま何時ですか ima nanji desu ka? "What time is it now?"

Telling Time in Japanese
To answer and tell time in Japanese, we say, for example, ４時１５分です。yoji-jûgofun desu. It is 4:15.
Japanese language generally works as English with AM and PM. So we say:

• 午前 Gozen '"morning" 
• 午后 gogo "in the afternoon"

Hours

1:00	１時	ichi ji
2:00	２時	ni ji
3:00	３時	san ji
4:00	４時	yo ji
5:00	５時	go ji
6:00	６時	roku ji
7:00	７時	shichi ji
8:00	８時	hachi ji
9:00	９時	kû ji
10:00	１０時	jû ji
11:00	１１時	jûichi ji
12:00	１２時	jûni ji

Minutes

1 minute	１分	ippun
2 minutes	２分	nifun
3 minutes	３分	sanbun
4 minutes	４分	yonpun
5 minutes	５分	gofun
6 minutes	６分	roppun
7 minutes	７分	nanafun
8 minutes	８分	happun
9 minutes	９分	kyûfun
10 minutes	１０分	juppun
15 minutes	１５分	jûgofun
30 minutes	３０分	sanjuppun / han