Vocabulary (Lesson 6A)
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Dialogue 6-1
     とうだい Tokyo University [The full name is とうきょうだいがく.]
おくだせんせい Professor Okuda, Teacher Okuda
ばんごう number
でんわばんごう telephone number
なんばん what number?
ええっとですね Let's see. [Informal interjection used to buy time before responding to a question]
ゼロさんの 
よんよんに(い)ろくの
きゅうゼロご(お)なな
03-
4426-
9057
ないせん extension [Lit. "internal line"]
18{じゅうはち}ばん number 18 [The counter ばん in 11ばん can be omitted.]
けいたい mobile phone [Also, けいたいでんわ "mobile phone"]
ゼロはちゼロの 
さんいちよんはちの
きゅうさんご(お)ゼロ
080-
3148-
9350
Numbers
 
0 - 19
ゼロ/れい zero {じゅう} ten
{いち} one 十一{じゅういち} eleven
{に} two 十二{じゅうに} twelve
{さん} three 十三{じゅうさん} thirteen
{よん/し} four 十四{じゅうよん/じゅうし} fourteen
{ご} five 十五{じゅうご} fifteen
{ろく} six 十六{じゅうろく} sixteen
{なな/しち} seven 十七{じゅうなな/じゅうしち} seventeen
{はち} eight 十八{じゅうはち} eighteen
{きゅう/く} nine 十九{じゅうきゅう/じゅうく} nineteen
20 - 99
二十{にじゅう} twenty 三十{さんじゅう} thirty
二十一{にじゅういち} twenty one 四十{よんじゅう} forty
二十二{にじゅうに} twenty two 五十{ごじゅう} fifty
二十三{にじゅうさん} twenty three 六十{ろくじゅう} sixty
二十四{にじゅうし/にじゅうよん} twenty four 七十{ななじゅう} seventy
二十五{にじゅうご} twenty five 八十{はちじゅう} eighty
二十六{にじゅうろく} twenty six 九十{きゅうじゅう} ninety
二十七{にじゅうしち/にじゅうなな} twenty seven  :
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二十八{にじゅうはち} twenty eight
二十九{にじゅうきゅう/にじゅうく} twenty nine 九十九{きゅうじゅうきゅう/きゅうじゅうく} ninety nine
Expressions for Telephone Numbers
  でんわ ばんごう telephone number
ないせん extension [Lit. "internal line"]
~ばん [counter-suffix] number
なんばん what number?
{いち}ばん #1
{に}ばん #2
{さん}ばん #3
{よん}ばん #4
{ご}ばん #5
{ろく}ばん #6
{なな}ばん #7
{はち}ばん #8
{きゅう}ばん #9
{じゅう}ばん #10
~ばん [counter-suffix] number
Dialogue 6-2
  でんしゃ [electric] train
とうちゃく arrival
なんじ what time/hour?
十三{じゅうさん} thirteen o'clock (= 1 p.m.)
二十八{にじゅうはっ}ぷん 28 minutes
いま now
十一{じゅういち}じはん half an hour past eleven
ごろ about [approximation of the clock time]
じゃあ then
あと after, later, remaining
{に}じかん two hours
ぐらい about [approximation of the duration of time]
Time Expressions
  Hours
~じ o'clock
{いち} one o'clock
{に} two o'clock
{さん} three o'clock
{よ} four o'clock [Never pronounce it as よんじ.]
{ご} five o'clock
{ろく} six o'clock
{しち}
{なな}
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.]
{はち} eight o'clock
{く} nine o'clock [Never pronounce it as きゅうじ.]
{じゅう} ten o'clock
十一{じゅういち} eleven o'clock
十二{じゅうに} twelve o'clock
なんじ what time/hour?

れいじ

zero hundred hours (0:00)
十三{じゅうさん}

thirteen hundred hours (13:00)

十四{じゅうよ} fourteen hundred hours (14:00)
十五{じゅうご} fifteen hundred hours (15:00)
十六{じゅうろく} sixteen hundred hours (16:00)
十七{じゅうなな} seventeen hundred hours (17:00)
十八{じゅうはち} eighteen hundred hours (18:00)
十九{じゅうく} nineteen hundred hours (19:00)
二十{にじゅう} twenty hundred hours (20:00)
二十一{にじゅういち} twenty one hundred hours (21:00)
二十二{にじゅうに} twenty two hundred hours (22:00)
二十三{にじゅうさん} twenty three hundred hours (23:00)
Minutes
~ふん minute [both clock time and length of time]
{いっ}ぷん one minute [past the hour]; one minute [duration]
二{に}ふん two minute [past the hour]; two minutes [duration]
{さん}ぷん three minute [past the hour]; three minutes [duration]
{よん}ぷん four minute [past the hour]; four minutes [duration]
{ご}ふん five minute [past the hour]; five minutes [duration]
{ろっ}ぷん six minute [past the hour]; six minutes [duration]
{なな}ふん seven minute [past the hour]; seven minutes [duration]
{はっ}ぷん
{はち}ふん
eight minute [past the hour]; eight minutes [duration]
{きゅう}ふん nine minute [past the hour]; nine minutes [duration]
{じゅっ}ぷん ten minute [past the hour]; ten minutes [duration]
二十{にじゅっ}ぷん twenty minute [past the hour]; twenty minutes [duration]
三十{さんじゅっ}ぷん thirty minute [past the hour]; ten minutes [duration]
四十{よんじゅっ}ぷん forty minute [past the hour]; ten minutes [duration]
五十{ごじゅっ}ぷん fifty minute [past the hour]; ten minutes [duration]
六十{ろくじゅっ}ぷん sixty minutes [duration]
はん half an hour
じかん duration of hour(s) [三じかん three hours]; time
いま now
~ぐらい about [approximation suffix for duration; 5じかんぐらい: about 5 hours]
~ごろ about [approximation suffix for clock time; 5じごろ: about 5 o'clock]
なんじかん how many hours?
なんぷん how many minutes?
Dialogue 6-3
  きょう today
クラス class
ごぜん a.m. [ごぜん9じ: 9 o'clock a.m.]
in, at [time]
あります there is/are; have
ありません there isn't/aren't; don't have
でも [informal connective; used at the beginning of a sentence] but
から from [10じから: from 10 o'clock]
まで to/till [11じまで: to/till 11 o'clock]
ミーティング meeting
Additional Vocabulary
  ごぜん a.m. [ごぜん always precedes the time: ごぜん6じ: 6 a.m.]
ごご p.m. [ごご always precedes the time: ごご6じ: 6 p.m.]
まえ previous; before [クラスの まえ(に): before class]
あと after [クラスの あと(に): after class]
あさ morning
ひる noon; daytime [ひるの12じ: 12 noon]
よる/ばん night; evening [よるの12じ: 12 midnight]
ゆうがた dusk, sunset
Additional Vocabulary: Cities, etc.
  [シドニー] Sydney

ロンドン

London
アトランタ Atlanta
[クウェート] Kuwait
サンフランシスコ San Francisco
ホンコン Hong Kong
すぎうら

Sugiura [family name]

Additional Vocabulary: Schedule
  あさごはん breakfast
ひるごはん lunch
ばんごはん supper, dinner
じゅぎょう class
日本ごの じゅぎょう Japanese-language class
しゅくだい homework
デート dating
えいが movie
パーティー party
かいもの or ショッピング shopping
さんぽ strolling
うんどう [physical] exercise
べんきょう study
アルバイト part-time job
しごと work, job
Question Words
  なんばん what number?
なんじ what time [clock time]?
なんじかん how many hours?
なんぷん how many minutes?; what time in minutes?
Particles
  in, at [time]
から from (time)
まで to/till (time)
Connectives
  でも [informal connective; used at the beginning of a sentence] but
Useful Expressions
 

ええっと(ですね)

Let's see. [Informal interjection used to buy time before responding to a question]

Verbs for Time
  あります there is/are [organized activities]; have [organized activities]
Language Structures
 
  • でんわばんごうは なんばんですか。03-362-9015です。
  • いま (Locationは) なんじですか。
  • ActivityTimeじです。
  • (わたしは) TimeActivity が あります。
  • クラスは Timeから Timeまで です。