🇯🇵 Japanese Days & Telling Time
Today, tomorrow, Monday, 'at what time?' — the words every plan, ticket and meeting depends on. Read them below — then actually say them: recognising a phrase and producing it out loud are different skills, and only one helps you in the moment.
| English | Japanese | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| What time is it? | 今何時ですか？ | ima nanji desu ka? |
| Today | 今日 | kyō |
| Tomorrow | 明日 | ashita |
| Yesterday | 昨日 | kinō |
| Morning | 朝 | asa |
| Evening | 夕方 | yūgata |
| Monday | 月曜日 | getsuyōbi |
| Friday | 金曜日 | kin'yōbi |
| The weekend | 週末 | shūmatsu |
| At what time? | 何時に？ | nanji ni? |
| Later | あとで | ato de |
| Now | 今 | ima |
How to make these stick
- Say each phrase out loud three times — your mouth learns separately from your eyes.
- Rehearse the scene: imagine the café or the street corner and act out both sides.
- Then use them in a real conversation — Yap gives you a 30-second spoken role-play with an AI tutor that responds, corrects gently, and never judges.
More Japanese phrases
Greetings & BasicsOrdering Food & DrinksAsking for DirectionsNumbers 1–10Shopping & MoneyEmergencies & HealthSmall Talk & IntroductionsHotel & Check-in