Dialogue 2: Talking about the Arrival Time
Both speakers are waiting for the train that will arrive at 1:28 p.m.
でんしゃの とうちゃくは なんじですか。
十三｛じゅうさん｝じ二十八｛にじゅうはっ｝ぷん
です。
いま、なんじですか。
十一｛じゅういち｝じ はんごろです。
じゃあ、あと 二｛に｝じかんぐらいですね。
そうですね。
Grammar
See Grammar Notes for Dialogue 2.
Key Vocabulary
1. でんしゃ [electric] train
2. とうちゃく arrival
3. なんじ what time/hour?
4. 十三｛じゅうさん｝じ thirteen o'clock (= 1 p.m.)
5. 二十八｛にじゅうはっ｝ぷん 28 minutes
6. いま now
7. 十一｛じゅういち｝じはん half an hour past eleven
8. ごろ about [approximation of the clock time]
9. じゃあ then
10. あと after, later, remaining
11. 二｛に｝じかん two hours
12. ぐらい about [approximation of the duration of time]
Additional Vocabulary
Hours
1. ～じ o'clock
2. 一｛いち｝じ one o'clock
3. 二｛に｝じ two o'clock
4. 三｛さん｝じ three o'clock
5. 四｛よ｝じ four o'clock [Never pronounce it as よんじ.]
6. 五｛ご｝じ five o'clock
7. 六｛ろく｝じ six o'clock
8. 七｛しち｝じ
七｛なな｝じ		 seven o'clock [commonly used time expression]
seven o'clock [ななじ is used ONLY in public announcement and never used in daily conversation.]
9. 八｛はち｝じ eight o'clock
10. 九｛く｝じ nine o'clock [Never pronounce it as きゅうじ.]
11. 十｛じゅう｝じ ten o'clock
12. 十一｛じゅういち｝じ eleven o'clock
13. 十二｛じゅうに｝じ twelve o'clock
14. なんじ what time/hour?
15.

れいじ

 zero hundred hours (0:00)
16. 十三{じゅうさん} じ

thirteen hundred hours (13:00)
17. 十四{じゅうよ} じ fourteen hundred hours (14:00)
18. 十五{じゅうご} じ fifteen hundred hours (15:00)
19. 十六{じゅうろく} じ sixteen hundred hours (16:00)
20. 十七{じゅうなな} じ seventeen hundred hours (17:00)
21. 十八{じゅうはち} じ eighteen hundred hours (18:00)
22. 十九{じゅうく} じ nineteen hundred hours (19:00)
23. 二十{にじゅう} じ twenty hundred hours (20:00)
24. 二十一{にじゅういち} じ twenty one hundred hours (21:00)
25. 二十二{にじゅうに} じ twenty two hundred hours (22:00)
26. 二十三{にじゅうさん} じ twenty three hundred hours (23:00)
Minutes
1. ～ふん minute [both clock time and length of time]
2. 一｛いっ｝ぷん one minute [past the hour]; one minute [duration]
3. 二｛に｝ふん two minute [past the hour]; two minutes [duration]
4. 三｛さん｝ぷん three minute [past the hour]; three minutes [duration]
5. 四｛よん｝ぷん four minute [past the hour]; four minutes [duration]
6. 五｛ご｝ふん five minute [past the hour]; five minutes [duration]
7. 六｛ろっ｝ぷん six minute [past the hour]; six minutes [duration]
8. 七｛なな｝ふん seven minute [past the hour]; seven minutes [duration]
9. 八｛はっ｝ぷん
八｛はち｝ふん		 eight minute [past the hour]; eight minutes [duration]
10. 九｛きゅう｝ふん nine minute [past the hour]; nine minutes [duration]
11. 十｛じゅっ｝ぷん ten minute [past the hour]; ten minutes [duration]
12. 二十｛にじゅっ｝ぷん twenty minute [past the hour]; twenty minutes [duration]
13. 三十｛さんじゅっ｝ぷん thirty minute [past the hour]; ten minutes [duration]
14. 四十｛よんじゅっ｝ぷん forty minute [past the hour]; ten minutes [duration]
15. 五十｛ごじゅっ｝ぷん fifty minute [past the hour]; ten minutes [duration]
16. 六十｛ろくじゅっ｝ぷん sixty minutes [duration]
Others
1. はん half an hour
2. じかん duration of hour(s) [三じかん three hours]; time
3. いま now
4. ～ぐらい about [approximation suffix for duration; ５じかんぐらい: about 5 hours]
5. ～ごろ about [approximation suffix for clock time; ５じごろ: about 5 o'clock]
6. なんじかん how many hours?
7. なんぷん how many minutes?
English
A: What time is the arrival of the train?
B: It's 13:28.
A: What time is it now?
B: It's around eleven thirty.
A: Then, we have about two more hours.
Culture
Japan has a modern and extensive network of public transportation systems. Japan Railway referred to as JR (ジェーアール) used to be the single largest public corporation in Japan, but now it is broken up into regional private corporations. (Each regional corporation still retains the "JR" nickname.)

Trains run on a tight schedule and they are extremely punctual. In big cities, during the morning and evening rush hours, commuter trains are packed with people. For novice passengers, this is a fact of life to get used to.