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
＋
１２時だね
noon
