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o'clock; hour (counter)
Counter for hours of the day (clock time).
今、何時?
What time is it now?
8時に起きた。
I woke up at 8 o'clock.
会議は午後2時から始まります。
The meeting starts at 2 PM.
時 is the counter for hours when telling time.
COUNTING PATTERN (o'clock):
1: 一時 6: 六時
2: 二時 7: 七時
3: 三時 8: 八時
4: 四時 9: 九時
5: 五時 10: 十時
IRREGULAR READINGS:
- 4: よじ (not よんじ)
- 7: しちじ (ななじ also exists but less standard)
- 9: くじ (not きゅうじ)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 何時: what time?
- ~時半: half past ~
- ~時ちょうど: exactly ~ o'clock
- ~時頃: around ~ o'clock
RELATED COUNTERS:
- ~分/分: minutes
- ~秒: seconds
- ~時間: duration in hours