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Lesson 9 of 10
Time and days in Japanese
Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. Play the ten Japanese words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Japanese phrases in this lesson
- ไปEE-ma
- Now
- ใใจใงA-toh-deh
- Later
- ไปๆฅKYOH
- Today
- ๆๆฅash-TA
- Tomorrow
- ไปๅคKON-ya
- Tonight
- ใใค๏ผI-tsu
- When?
- ไฝๆใซ้ใใพใใNAN-ji ni a-KI-mas-ka
- What time does it open?
- ๅฐใ ใๅพ ใกใใ ใใSHOH-shoh o-MA-chi ku-da-sai
- One moment, please
- ๅfun
- Minutes
- ๆ้ji-KAN
- Hours
Japan takes now seriously: trains, buses and people run on time to a degree that recalibrates your idea of punctuality. Being five minutes early is being on time.
ใพใๅพใง (mata ato de), see you later. ใใใใญ (jaa ne) is the casual "later!" between friends.
Written with the characters for "bright day". ๆๆฅใฎๆ (ashita no asa) is tomorrow morning.
What staff say when you should wait.
Changes sound with the number: ไบๅ (GO-fun), but ๅๅ (JUP-pun).
ไบๆ้ (ni-ji-KAN), two hours.