Quarter in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA quarter of an hour, fifteen minutes, as used in telling the time (a quarter past two, a quarter to nine).

Definition in Japanese一時間の四分の一。日本語の時刻には「クォーター」の言い方がなく、「二時十五分」「九時十五分前」のように十五分と言う

Example sentences

• 二(に)時(じ)十五(じゅうご)分(ふん)です。🔊

  It's a quarter past two.

• 九(く)時(じ)十五(じゅうご)分(ふん)前(まえ)です。🔊

  It's a quarter to nine.

• はい、八(はち)時四十五(じよんじゅうご)分(ふん)ですよ。🔊

  Yes, it's a quarter to nine.

Learn it in a lesson

• Telling the time in Japanese

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