Time Vocabulary

The words for hours, minutes, and half past — read the furigana, not the numbers.

O'CLOCK
MINUTE
HALF PAST

Morning
A.M.
Afternoon
P.M.
HOURS hour + じ
1 o'clock
2 o'clock
3 o'clock
4 o'clock
5 o'clock
6 o'clock
7 o'clock
8 o'clock
9 o'clock
10 o'clock
11 o'clock
12 o'clock
irregular reading — not the expected number + じ
MINUTES minute + ふん, changes to ぷん after certain numbers
1 minute
2 minutes
3 minutes
4 minutes
5 minutes
6 minutes
7 minutes
8 minutes
9 minutes
10 minutes
30 minutes
sound change — ふん becomes ぷん (voicing shift)
HALF PAST hour + はん
one thirty