Asking the Time                


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What time is it now?
Ima nan-ji desu ka?    

ima: now

Kanji translation:
nan-ji: what time


Until what time?
Nan-ji made desu ka?    

nan-ji: what time
made: until

What time does it start?
Nan-ji ni hajimari masu ka?    

nan-ji: what time
hajimari: start

What time is departure?
Shuppatsu wa nan-ji desu ka?    

nan-ji: what time

Kanji translation:
shuppatsu: departure


Departure is 8:00.
Shuppatsu wa hachi-ji desu.    

shuppatsu: departure

Kanji translation:
hachi-ji: 8 o'clock


What time is breakfast?
Choushoku wa nan-ji desu ka?    

nan-ji: what time

Kanji translation:
choushoku: breakfast


What time are you coming back?
Nan-ji ni modotte ki masu ka?    

nan-ji: what time
modotte: back

What time does it close?
Nan-ji ni shimari masu ka?    

nan-ji: what time

Kanji translation:
shimaru: close


What time will it close today?
Kyou wa nan-ji ni shimari masu ka?    

kyou: today
nan-ji: what time

What time does the bar close?
Baa wa nan-ji ni shimari masu ka?    

baa: bar
nan-ji: what time

What time does it open and close?
Nan-ji ni aite nan-ji ni shimari masu ka?    

nan-ji: what time

Kanji translation:
aku: open


What time do you leave work on Monday?
Getsu-youbi wa nan-ji ni shigoto ga owari masu ka?    

nan-ji: what time

Kanji translation:
getsu-youbi: Monday

shigoto: work


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