| The Japanese word | |
何時 |
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| itsu | いつ | |
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| when, how soon | |
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到着は何時ですか。
tōchaku wa nan ji desu ka. When does it arrive? |
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彼は何時に戻りますか。
kare wa nan ji ni modori masu ka. When do you expect him back? |
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食事は何時にしようか。
shokuji wa nan ji ni shiyo u ka. When shall we eat? |
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毎日何時間昼寝しますか。
mainichi nan jikan hirune shi masu ka. How many hours do you take a nap every day? |
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壮行式は何時からですか。
sōkō shiki wa nan ji kara desu ka. When is the pep rally? |
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東京には何時に着きますか。
tōkyō ni wa nan ji ni tsuki masu ka. When will we arrive in Tokyo? | When will I get to Tokyo? | What time will he arrive in Tokyo? | What time will you get to Tokyo? |
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朝は普通何時に起きますか。
asa wa futsū nan ji ni oki masu ka. When do you usually get up? |
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彼女に何時帰るか聞いてごらん。
kanojo ni nan ji kaeru ka kī te goran. Ask her when she will come back. |
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彼は何時に来ると言いましたか。
kare wa nan ji ni kuru to ī mashi ta ka. When did he say he would come? | What time did he say he'd come? |
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土曜日には何時間授業がありますか。
doyōbi ni wa nan jikan jugyū ga ari masu ka. How many classes do you have on Saturdays? |
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彼が正確に何時に着くのか私は知らない。
kare ga seikaku ni nan ji ni tsuku no ka watashi wa shira nai. I don't know exactly when he will arrive. |
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彼が何時着くのかはっきりとは知らない。
kare ga nan ji tsuku no ka hakkiri to wa shira nai. I don't know for certain when he will arrive. |
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何時くらいまでなら電話してもいいですか。
nan ji kurai made nara denwa shi te mo ī desu ka. How late can I ring? |
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彼が何時来るか分からないが、彼は最善を尽くすだろう。
kare ga nan ji kuru ka wakara nai ga, kare wa saizen o tsukusu daro u. I cannot tell when he will come, but when he comes, he will do his best. |
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東京からロサンゼルスまで、飛行機で何時間かかりますか。
tōkyō kara rosanzerusu made, hikōki de nan jikan kakari masu ka. How long does it take to fly from Tokyo to Los Angeles? |
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子供のころ、私は一人、自室で何時間も本を読んで過ごしたものだった。
kodomo no koro, watashi wa ichi nin, jishitsu de nan jikan mo hon o yon de sugoshi ta mono datta. When I was a child, I would spend hours reading alone in my room. |
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「要さんって、何時にあがれます?」「終わりまでだから八時までかかるわ」.
' kaname san tte, nan ji ni agare masu? ' ' owari made da kara hachi ji made kakaru wa ' "Kaname, when can you leave?" "It's till closing so it takes till eight.". |
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「なあ、寮の門限って何時だっけ?」「21時よ」「やばい、走らないと間に合わないぞ」.
' nā, ryō no mongen tte nan ji da kke? ' ' ni ichi ji yo ' ' yabai, hashira nai to maniawa nai zo ' "Hey, when do the dorms lock up?" "9 o'clock" "Whoops, if we don't run we won't make it!". |
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政治学とは、誰が、いかにして、何を、何時そして何故、手に入れるかについての学問である。
seiji gaku to wa, dare ga, ikani shi te, nani o, nan ji soshite naze, te ni ireru ka nitsuite no gakumon de aru. Politics is the science of how who gets what, when and why. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

