by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “It’s almost noon.” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
It’s almost _ (time).
もうすぐ _ 時だね。
mousugu* _ ji dane
If you want to speak politely, you can say :
もうすぐ _ 時ですね。
mousugu* _ ji desune
*We pronounce “mousugu” like “mōsugu”.
When you want to say “It’s almost _ (time).”, put the time just before “時 ji”.
“時” means “o’clock”.
- 1 am / pm = 1時 ichiji
- 2 am / pm = 2時 niji
- 3 am / pm = 3時 sanji
- 4 am / pm = 4時 yoji
- 5 am / pm = 5時 goji
- 6 am / pm = 6時 rokuji
- 7 am / pm = 7時 shichiji
- 8 am / pm = 8時 hachiji
- 9 am / pm = 9時 kuji
- 10 am / pm = 10時 juuji
- 11 am / pm = 11時 juuichiji
- 12 am / pm = 12時 juuniji
For example, if you want to say “It’s almost noon.”, you can say like this :
もうすぐ12時だね。
mousugu juuniji dane
Or politely :
もうすぐ12時ですね。
mousugu juuniji desune
もうすぐ
it’s almost
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12時だね
noon