Time quiz

Read Japanese time with confidence.

Practice hours and minutes in romaji, kana, and Japanese time formats so schedules and timetables become easier to read.

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Current time

How do you read this time?

5:58 PM

Type readings like gogo yoji han. Japanese prompts also accept matching English times like 4:30 PM.

Hours and minutes

Practice reading Japanese time expressions in romaji and hiragana. If Japanese numbers are still new, start with the number reading quiz first.

Schedules

Time expressions come up in daily conversation, scheduling, transit, and timetables.

Study habit

Type the Japanese reading in romaji or hiragana. Say the time out loud before you submit.

Practice notes

Practice daily. Set aside 5-10 minutes each day to study, and Japanese time expressions will become much easier.
Start with simple times like 1:00 and 2:00, then gradually move to times with minutes.
Say the times out loud as you type. This reinforces memory through sound and pronunciation practice.
Practice both romaji and hiragana input to improve reading fluency and character recognition.
Focus on irregular pronunciations like "yo-ji" for 4 o'clock, "shichi-ji" for 7 o'clock, and "ku-ji" for 9 o'clock.

Patterns

AM/PM

gozen (午前) for AM, gogo (午後) for PM

Half Hours

Add "han" (半) after the hour

Minutes

Add "fun" (分) or "pun" (分) after the number

Examples

9:00 AM = gozen kuji, 2:30 PM = gogo ni-ji han

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