O'clock in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishSaid after a number to name a whole hour on the clock (nine o'clock). Not a length of sixty minutes.

Definition in Japanese数字の後に付けて、時計の時刻を言う語。「九時」のように使う。長さは「時間」で言う。

Example sentences

• 九(く)時(じ)に働(はたら)きます。🔊

  I work at nine.

• 七(しち)時(じ)に食(た)べます。🔊

  I eat at seven.

• 月曜日(げつようび)は八(はち)時(じ)に働(はたら)きます。🔊

  On Monday I work at eight.

Learn it in a lesson

• Times and days of the week in Japanese

o'clock in other languages

• What o'clock means
• In Portuguese
• In French