時
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Meanings: time 
On Readings: ジ ji
Kun Readings: とき toki
Most Used Pronunciation: toki JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 日
Stroke Number: 10 |
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Common jukugo
午後二時 - ご ご に じ go go ni ji - 2 O'clock in the afternoon
時代 - じ だい ji dai - era, the times, generation
何時 - なん じ nan ji - what time
明治時代 - めい じ じ だい mei ji ji dai - Meji era
目覚まし時計 - め ざまし ど けい - Alarm clock
時代錯誤 - じ だい さく ご ji dai saku go - anachronism, being behind the times
時候 - じ こう ji kou - season, time of the year
時刻 - じ こく ji koku - time, hour
時間割 - じ かん わり - Timetable
Useful Examples
Japanese: 二時に食べましょう。
Romaji: ni ji ni tabemashou.
English: Let's eat at 2 O'clock.
Japanese: 朝の六時に起きました。
Romaji: asa no roku ji ni okimashita.
English: I woke up at 6 this morning.
Japanese: お金も時間もない。
Romaji: okane mo jikan mo nai.
English: I don't have money nor time.
Japanese: 今何時ですか？
Romaji: ima nanji desu ka?
English: What time is it now?
Japanese: 今何時ですか？
Romaji: ima nan ji desu ka?
English: What time is it now?
Japanese: その効果があわれるには、時間がかかります。
Romaji: sono kouka ga awareru ni wa, jikan ga kakarimasu.
Literal: those effects appearing at as-for, time requiring
English: It will be some time before those effects make theselves felt.
Japanese: 人間は時には考えられないほど残酷になる。
Romaji: ningen wa toki ni wa kangaerarenai hodo zankoku ni naru.
Literal: human as-for time at as-for unthinkable cruel become.
English: People are unthinkably cruel at times.
Japanese: １時間で帰ってきます。
Romaji: 1 jikan de kaette kimasu.
English: I will be back in an hour.
Japanese: ７時近くだ。
Romaji: 7 toki chikaku da.
English: It is close to seven o'clock.
Japanese: この時計は一万円だった。
Romaji: kono tokei wa ichiman'en datta.
English: This watch cost me ten thousand yen.
Japanese: ３時はお茶にしよう。
Romaji: sanji wa ocha ni shiyou.
English: Let's have tea at 3:00.
Japanese: 今夜七時に、電話するよ。
Romaji: konya nanaji ni, denwa suru yo.
English: I'll ring you up at seven this evening.
Japanese: １時間ジョギングしたら体が温かくなった。
Romaji: ichiji kan jogingu shitara karada ga atatakaku natta.
English: I got warm from jogging for an hour.
Japanese: 台風１１号は、毎時２０キロメートルの速さで北上中です。
Romaji: taifuu 11 gou wa, maiji 20 kirome-toru no hayasa de hokujouchuu desu.
English: Typhoon No.11 is moving up north at twenty kilometers per hour.
Japanese: 中世は人間が自由でない時代だった。
Romaji: chuusei wa ningen ga jiyuu de nai jidai datta.
English: The medieval times were an age when a human being wasn't free.
Japanese: もう薬を一服飲む時間ですよ。
Romaji: mou kusuri o ippuku nomu jikan desu yo.
English: It's time you had a dose of your medicine.
Japanese: この薬は３時間毎に飲んでください。
Romaji: kono kusuri wa sanjikangoto ni nonde kudasai.
English: This medicine should be taken every three hours.
Japanese: 集会は９時に散会した。
Romaji: shuukai wa kuji ni sankai shita.
English: The meeting broke up at nine o'clock.
Japanese: 最低１時間前にはカウンターへいらっしゃってください。
Romaji: saitei ichijikan mae ni wa kaunta- e irasshatte kudasai.
English: Please come to the counter at least an hour before your flight.
Japanese: 食堂は何時にあきますか。
Romaji: shokudou wa nanji ni akimasu ka.
English: What time does the dining room open?
Japanese: 当時、よい職を得ることは決して容易ではなかった。
Romaji: touji, yoi shoku o eru koto wa kesshite youi de wa nakatta.
English: In those days it was far from easy to come by a good job.
Japanese: 機械時代の苦しみは機械そのものに起因するのではない。
Romaji: kikai jidai no kurushimi wa kikai sono mono ni kiin suru no de wa nai.
English: The agonies of the machine age does not originate from the machines as such.
Japanese: 開演は午後７時である。
Romaji: kaien wa gogo nanaji de aru.
English: The curtain goes up at 7:00 p.m.
Japanese: 講義は時間通り始まった。
Romaji: kougi wa jikandoori hajimatta.
English: The lecture started on schedule.
Japanese: 学生たちは何時間もその計画について話し合った。
Romaji: gakuseitachi wa nanjikan mo sono keikaku ni tsuite hanashi atta.
English: The students discussed the plan for many hours.
Japanese: もうすぐ昼食時です、手を休めて軽く食べませんか。
Romaji: mou sugu chuushokudoki desu, te o yasumete karuku tabemasen ka.
English: It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?
Japanese: この事務所の通常営業時間は９時から５時までです。
Romaji: kono jimusho no tsuujoueigyou jikan wa kuji kara goji made desu.
English: The usual business hours in this office are from nine to five.
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Notes/Mnemonic
The sun is very important in telling time: 日
Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.