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Still copied from Free Japanese Lessons.

LESSON #5

Before we get too much further into grammar and verb conjugation, I thought it would be a good idea to teach numbers, time, days of the week, etc.

漢字 - Kanji ひらがな - Hiragana Romaji(English Letters) - English Meaning
一//いち//ichi//one
二//に//ni//two
三//さん//san//three
四//し、/よん shi/yon (after 10)//four
五//ご//go//five
六//ろく//roku//six
七//しち、/なな//shichi/nana (after 10)//seven
八//はち//hachi//eight
九//きゅう//kyuu//nine
十//じゅう//juu/ten
百//ひゃく//hyaku//hundred


Numbers after 10 are a piece of cake once you know 1 through 10. 11 is simply ten with a one after it, 十一 (じゅういち, juuichi), 12 - juuni, 13 - juusan, 14 - juuyon, etc. 20 is simply 二十 (にじゅう, nijuu), 21 - nijuuichi, and so forth.

Put these numbers in front of the character for time 時 and you've got the time of the day.

漢字 - Kanji//ひらがな - Hiragana//Romaji (English Letters)//English Meaning
一時//いちじ//ichiji one o'clock
二時//にじ//niji//two o'clock
二時半//にじはん//nijihan two thirty//(半 means half)
二時四十五分//にじよんじゅうごふん//nijiyonjuugofun//2:45 (分 means minute)
...etc.


Now just put the character for moon 月 after a number and you've got a month.

漢字 - Kanji//ひらがな - Hiragana//Romaji (English Letters)//English Meaning
一月//いちがつ//ichigatsu//January
二月//にがつ//nigatsu//February
三月//さんがつ//sangatsu//March
四月//しがつ//shigatsu//April
...etc.


Days of the week don't follow such an easy pattern but here they are anyway along with some other time-related words.

漢字 - Kanji//ひらがな - Hiragana//Romaji(English Letters)//English Meaning
日曜日//にちようび//nichiyoubi//Sunday (日 - sun/day)
月曜日//げつようび//getsuyoubi//Monday (月 - moon)
火曜日//かようび//kayoubi//Tuesday (火 - fire)
水曜日//すいようび//suiyoubi//Wednesday (水 - water)
木曜日//もくようび//mokuyoubi//Thursday (木 - tree)
金曜日//きんようび//kinyoubi//Friday (金 - gold)
土曜日//どようび//doyoubi//Saturday (土 - dirt)
今日//きょう//kyou//Today
明日//あした//ashita//Tomorrow
昨日//きのう//kinou//Yesterday
一昨日//おととい//ototoi//the day before yesterday
明後日//あさって//asatte//the day after tomorrow (a small "tsu" (っ) makes a double consenant)
今朝//けさ//kesa//this morning
今晩//こんばん//konban//this evening
今//いま//ima//now