Learn Japanese fast! There is nothing worse than being late for an important meeting or event. That’s why it’s important that you understand how to talk about the length of time in Japanese. Whether you need to talk about minutes or hours, or ask someone how long it will be until an event starts, you’ll find it here. This Japanese article for beginners is designed to teach you about the length of time. You’ll find a minute and hour counter, and find out how to tell people how long it takes to get from one place to another. With helpful graphics and plenty of example sentences, this Japanese article is exactly what you need.
Vocabulary: In this article, you will learn the following words and phrases:
yakkyoku – “pharmacy, drugstore”
kusuri – “medicine”
shohoosen– “recipe”
dono kurai – “how long, how long”
kakarimasu – “to cost, to take” (masu form)
okane – “money”
jikan – “hour”
Kurai/gurai – “approximately, about”
koko – “here, this place”
kiss manga – “comedy coffee”
Grammar: In this article, you will learn the following words and phrases:
Vocabulary and useful phrases in a hospital
kakarimasu – “take, cost”
kakarimasu is he –masu verb form kakaru. kakaru conveys the meaning that something requires time/money.
Award Structure
Affirmative:
Amount of Money or Duration of Time / kakarimasu / “English”
sen-es / kakarimasu. / “That costs thousand yen”.
ichijikan / kakarimasu. / “That you accept an hour.”
Question:
dono kurai Prayed dono gurai / kakarimasu ka. / “English”
dono kurai / kakarimasu ka. / “How long does it take?” or “How much does it cost?”
* Since we can use kakarimasu with time and money, there’s a good chance there will be confusion if you don’t specify the topic.
Kurai / gurai – “about”
kurai Prayed gurai express approximation. Note that word order is different than English.
“About 1000 yen”
Correct: sen-en kurai
Incorrect: kurai sen-en
dono kurai – “how long, how long”
we can use dono kurai, dono gurai, golden kurai Y doré gurai indistinctly.
“How long does it take?” / “How much?”
- dono kurai kakarimasu ka.
- Dono gurai kakarimasu ka.
- Dore kurai kakarimasu ka.
- Dore gurai kakarimasu ka.
Gramatical point
In this article, you’ll learn how to talk about time durations.
Hours and Minutes
Hour meter: –jikan
Minute counter: –funny can Prayed –fun
Hours
“English” / Japanese
1 hour / ichi jikan
2 hours / ni jikan
Three hours / saint jikan
4 hours / I jikan
5 hours / go jikan
6 hours / roku-jikan
7 hours / nana-jikan Prayed shichi-jikan
8 hours / hachi jikan
9 hours / kujikan
10 hours / juu-jikan
“How many hours?” / nan jikan
Minutes“English” / Japanese
1 minute / ippun ( may)
2 minutes / not funny ( may)
3 minutes / saint pun ( may)
4 minutes / very funny(may) Prayed pun (may)
5 minutes / Have fun ( may)
6 minutes / roppun ( may)
7 minutes / fun-girl ( may)
8 minutes / going ( may)
9 minutes / kuu funny ( may)
10 minutes / juppun ( may)
“How many minutes?” / no pun ( may)
*For “half hour”, it is sanjuppun (may), but not hankan.
*For an “hour and a half”, it is ichi jikan hanbut not ichi-jikan hankan Prayed ichiji-hankan.
examples
- Uchi kara daigaku made juppun kakarimasu. “It takes ten minutes to get to the university from my house.”
- Rondon kara Pari made ni-jikan juugo fun kakarimasu. “It takes two hours and fifteen minutes to go from London to Paris.”
Compared
- ni-ji gojuppun = 2:50
- ni-jikan gojuppun = two hours and 50 minutes
- see hee han = half past five
- go jikan han = five and a half hours
practice
Answer the following questions in Japanese.
- How long does it take to get to the nearest train station? ____ kakarimasu.
- How long does it take to get to the nearest airport? _____ kakarimasu.
- How long does it take to get to the nearest department store? ______ kakarimasu.
- How long does it take to get to Tokyo? ________ kakarimasu.