Japanese telling time game
Seventeen entries covering the question and the answers. Three hours read irregularly and this set is mostly about them: four is yoji rather than yonji, seven is shichiji, nine is kuji.
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Five games take this set. Kraken Escape is the right one here, since it shows a time against an English meaning and asks whether it is right, and the irregular hours are exactly the kind of thing you half know.
The 17 words you will practise
| Japanese | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| 今何時ですかima nanji desu ka | What time is it? | EE-mah NAHN-jee dess kah |
| 一時 いちじichiji | one o'clock | ee-chee-JEE |
| 二時 にじniji | two o'clock | NEE-jee |
| 四時 よじyoji | four o'clock | YOH-jee |
| 七時 しちじshichiji | seven o'clock | shee-chee-JEE |
| 九時 くじkuji | nine o'clock | KOO-jee |
| 半 はんhan | half past | hahn |
| 十五分 じゅうごふんjūgofun | fifteen minutes | joo-goh-FOON |
| 三十分 さんじゅっぷんsanjuppun | thirty minutes | sahn-JOOP-poon |
| 午前 ごぜんgozen | am | goh-ZEN |
| 午後 ごごgogo | pm | GOH-goh |
| 朝 あさasa | morning | AH-sah |
| 昼 ひるhiru | midday, daytime | HEE-roo |
| 夕方 ゆうがたyūgata | evening | YOO-gah-tah |
| 夜 よるyoru | night | YOH-roo |
| 正午 しょうごshōgo | noon | SHOH-goh |
| 真夜中 まよなかmayonaka | midnight | mah-yoh-NAH-kah |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the Japanese time and dates lesson.
5 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
Questions
Why is four o'clock yoji?
Because the hour counter takes its own readings, and four takes a third one that appears almost nowhere else. Seven becomes shichiji, using the reading the numbers set avoids, and nine becomes kuji rather than kyūji. The other nine hours behave.
What do gozen and gogo mean?
Before noon and after noon, which is to say a.m. and p.m. They go in front of the time rather than after it: gozen kuji is nine in the morning. Shōgo, also in this set, is noon exactly.
How do I say half past?
Han, placed after the hour. Ichiji han is half past one. It is the one part of Japanese time that is simpler than the English.
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