How to Say “I got up at _ this morning.” in Japanese

How do you say “I got up at 7:00 this morning.” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

I got up at _ this morning.

今日は _ 時に起きたよ。

 kyouwa* _ jini okitayo

If you want to speak politely, you can say :

今日は _ 時に起きました。

 kyouwa* _ jini okimashita

*We pronounce “kyouwa” like “kyōwa”.


When you want to say “I got up at _ this morning.”, put the time just before “時 ji”.

“時” means “o’clock”.

  • 5 am = 5時 goji
  • 6 am = 6時 rokuji
  • 7 am = 7時 shichiji
  • 8 am = 8時 hachiji
  • 9 am = 9時 kuji
  • 10 am = 10時 juuji

For example, if you want to say “I got up at 7:00 this morning.”, you can say like this :

今日は7時に起きたよ。

 kyouwa shichijini okitayo

Or politely :

今日は7時に起きました。

 kyouwa shichijini okimashita

  • I = わたしは watashiwa
  • got up = 起きた okita
  • at … = … に ni
  • this morning = 今朝 kesa

We do not usually say “わたしは watashiwa (= I)” in everyday conversation.


今日は
today

_ 時に
at _

(わたしは)起きたよ
(I) got up


You can say “今朝は (kesawa)” instead of “今日は (kyouwa)”.