Counting Time in Japanese: Hours, Weeks, Months, and Years Explained

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In Japanese, counting time is essential for daily conversations and schedules. Whether you’re talking about hours, weeks, months, or years, each unit of time has its own specific counting method. In this guide, we’ll break down how to use 時間 (hours), 週間 (weeks), ヶ月 (months), and 年 (years) in Japanese, so you can easily incorporate them into your conversations. Let’s get started!

Hour (時間 – じかん)

  • いちじかん (ichi jikan) – 1 hour
  • にじかん (ni jikan) – 2 hours
  • さんじかん (san jikan) – 3 hours
  • じかん (yo jikan) – 4 hours
  • ごじかん (go jikan) – 5 hours
  • ろくじかん (roku jikan) – 6 hours
  • ななじかん (nana jikan) – 7 hours
  • はちじかん (hachi jikan) – 8 hours
  • じかん (ku jikan) – 9 hours
  • じゅうじかん (jū jikan) – 10 hours
  • なんじかん (nan jikan) – How many hours?

Day (日 – にち)

  • いちにち(かん)(ichi nichi (kan)) – 1 day
  • ふつか(かん)(futsuka (kan)) – 2 days
  • みっか(かん)(mikka (kan)) – 3 days
  • よっか(かん)(yokka (kan)) – 4 days
  • いつか(かん)(itsuka (kan)) – 5 days
  • むいか(かん)(muika (kan)) – 6 days
  • なのか(かん)(nanoka (kan)) – 7 days
  • ようか(かん)(yōka (kan)) – 8 days
  • ここのか(かん)(kokonoka (kan)) – 9 days
  • とうか(かん)(tōka (kan)) – 10 days
  • なんにち(かん)(nan nichi (kan)) – How many days?

Week (週間 – しゅうかん)

  • いっしゅうかん (isshūkan) – 1 week
  • にしゅうかん (ni shūkan) – 2 weeks
  • さんしゅうかん (san shūkan) – 3 weeks
  • よんしゅうかん (yon shūkan) – 4 weeks
  • ごしゅうかん (go shūkan) – 5 weeks
  • ろくしゅうかん (roku shūkan) – 6 weeks
  • ななしゅうかん (nana shūkan) – 7 weeks
  • はっしゅうかん (hasshūkan) – 8 weeks
  • きゅうしゅうかん (kyū shūkan) – 9 weeks
  • じゅっしゅうかん (jusshūkan) – 10 weeks
  • なんしゅうかん (nan shūkan) – How many weeks?

Month (ヶ月 – かげつ)

  • いっかげつ(かん)(ikkagetsu (kan)) – 1 month
  • にかげつ(かん)(ni kagetsu (kan)) – 2 months
  • さんかげつ(かん)(san kagetsu (kan)) – 3 months
  • よんかげつ(かん)(yon kagetsu (kan)) – 4 months
  • ごかげつ(かん)(go kagetsu (kan)) – 5 months
  • ろっかげつ(かん)(rokkagetsu (kan)) – 6 months
  • ななかげつ(かん)(nana kagetsu (kan)) – 7 months
  • はちかげつ(かん)(hachi kagetsu (kan)) – 8 months
  • きゅうかげつ(かん)(kyū kagetsu (kan)) – 9 months
  • じゅっかげつ(かん)(jukkagetsu (kan)) – 10 months
  • なんかげつ(かん)(nan kagetsu (kan)) – How many months?

Year (年 – ねん)

  • いちねん(かん)(ichi nen (kan)) – 1 year
  • にねん(かん)(ni nen (kan)) – 2 years
  • さんねん(かん)(san nen (kan)) – 3 years
  • ねん(かん)(yo nen (kan)) – 4 years
  • ごねん(かん)(go nen (kan)) – 5 years
  • ろくねん(かん)(roku nen (kan)) – 6 years
  • ななねん(かん)(nana nen (kan)) – 7 years
  • はちねん(かん)(hachi nen (kan)) – 8 years
  • きゅうねん(かん)(kyū nen (kan)) – 9 years
  • じゅうねん(かん)(jū nen (kan)) – 10 years
  • なんねん(かん)(nan nen (kan)) – How many years?
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