How to say “ten o’clock” in Japanese | 十時/ 10時 (じゅうじ、jūji)

The Japanese vocabulary「十時/ 10時 (じゅうじ、jūji)」means “ten o’clock.” Please learn the pronunciation and the example sentences.

Japanese Vocabulary and the Meaning

Key Word	十時/ 10時
Hiragana	じゅうじ
Romaji Reading	jūji
English Meaning	ten o’clock

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The Correct Japanese Pronunciations

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The Example Japanese Sentences

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Japanese Sentence	１０時から１０分間休憩だ。
Romaji Reading	Jū-ji kara juppun-kan kyūkei da.
English Meaning	The ten-minute break will start from ten o’clock. (Plain Form)

The correct reading of「１０分間」is「じっぷんかん」. However, we read it as「じゅっぷんかん」.

Japanese Sentence	１０時から１０分間休憩です。
Romaji Reading	Jū-ji kara juppun-kan kyūkei desu.
English Meaning	The ten-minute break will start from ten o’clock. (Polite Form)

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