Telling the time
How do you say the word for "o'clock" in Japanese?
Ji
(As in "GEE wizz is that the time?")
What is this time in English?
三時
3 o'clock
Which of these verbs means "to sleep"?
A) ねます (ne mas)
B) 行きます (iki mas)
C) 食べます (tabe mas)
A) ねます (ne mas)
True or False?
The majority of Japanese people take a bath everyday.
True - Australians tend to shower everyday but the Japanese will take a bath (after showering themselves) everynight.
True or False?
Miss Garrett has travelled to Japan with Mr McGuire.
True. They went on a school trip about 11 years ago.
What does this character mean? 時
It means "o'clock" or "hour" or "time".
If you answered any of these you get the points.
What is this time?
二時十分
2:10
Which of these verbs means "to wake up"?
A) ねます (ne mas)
B) おきます (oki mas)
C) 食べます (tabe mas)
B) おきます (oki mas)
What is the name of the traditional bedding that Japanese people sleep in?
Futon
What is Miss Garrett's favourite Japanese word?
Tokidoki - which means "sometimes"
What does this character mean? 分
Hint: Remember the visual clue that it looked like a knife cutting a carrot into PARTS
It means "minute/s".
Because they are parts of an hour.
What is this time?
四時半
half past 4
Which of these verbs means "to eat"?
A) ねます (ne mas)
B) おきます (oki mas)
C) 食べます (tabe mas)
C) 食べます (tabe mas)
Why don't Japanese people get embarassed if they fall asleep in public?
What is Miss Garrett's favourite colour?
Hint: It's the same colour as her house team.
Green
When saying minutes in Japanese, there are two pronunciations depending on the number before it. The two pronunciations are FUN or PUN. Which one do you use if the number of minutes ends in a FIVE?
FUN
What is this time?
十一時二十分
11:20
Here are the Japanese words for our daily meals:
Breakfast あさごはん (asa gohan)
Lunch ひるごはん (hiru gohan)
Dinner ばんごはん (ban gohan)
What does the word "asa" mean?
Answer: It means "Morning"
Asa = morning
Hiru = noon
Ban = evening
Gohan = cooked rice = meal
In a Japanese bathroom there's a panel on the wall that you can use to set the bath water temperature and fill up the bath. Which other room in the house usually has the same panel?
The kitchen (so that you can fill up the bathwater while cooking dinner or doing the dishes).
Has Miss Garrett ever eaten an ekiben on a bullet train in Japan?
Yes! MANY
What does this kanji character mean? 半
Half past
What is this time?
九時五十八分
9:58
What do you think ときどき (tokidoki) means?
Always いつも (itsumo)
Usually たいてい (taitei)
Often よく (yoku)
??? ときどき (tokidoki)
Not often あまり (amari)
Never ぜんぜん (zenzen)
Sometimes
What are the two rules Miss Garrett said you must follow if you are going to press the buttons on a Japanese toilet?
1. Make sure you are sitting down.
2. Make sure you know which button the STOP button is.
When Miss Garrett was a student in Japan which two modes of transport did she use to get to school?
A bike - to get to the station
A train - to get to school