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How to say 'When' in Japanese | 何時

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The Japanese word for When is 'Itsu', written as 何時 in Japanese.'When' in hiragana is いつ.

    word

    何時

    Meaning

    When

    Reading

    いつ

    itsu

    Kanji

    何What 時Time, Hour

    Explanation

    The Japanese pronoun '何時 (いつ)' means 'when'. It is used to ask about or refer to a specific time or occasion. This word is commonly used in questions to inquire about the timing of events. For example: When will you come?「いつ来ますか？」(いつきますか？). When is your birthday?「誕生日はいつですか？」(たんじょうびはいつですか？). It can also be used in statements to refer to an unspecified time, as in 'I don't know when it will happen'「いつ起こるか分からない」(いつおこるかわからない).

    Part Of Speech

    pronoun

    Kanji JLPT

    N5

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    180

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 何時

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    何

    Meaning

    What

  • kanji

    時

    Meaning

    Time, Hour

Words Related to 何時 Through the Kanji 何

These 27 Words contain the Kanji 何 as well.

  • word

    何

    Meaning

    What

  • word

    何処

    Meaning

    Where

  • word

    何の

    Meaning

    Which

  • word

    何故

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何れ

    Meaning

    Which, Eventually

  • word

    何方

    Meaning

    Where, Which

  • word

    何か

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何度

    Meaning

    How many times, What degree

  • word

    如何に

    Meaning

    How

  • word

    如何

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    如何なる

    Meaning

    Any

  • word

    何事

    Meaning

    Matter, Incident

  • word

    何しろ

    Meaning

    Anyway

  • word

    何とか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何より

    Meaning

    Best

  • word

    何と

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    何となく

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何だか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何で

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何て

    Meaning

    How

  • word

    何千

    Meaning

    Thousands

  • word

    何百

    Meaning

    Hundreds

  • word

    何十

    Meaning

    Dozens

  • word

    何者

    Meaning

    What, Who

  • word

    何時頃

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何物

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何遍

    Meaning

    Times, How many times

Words Related to 何時 Through the Kanji 時

These 22 Words contain the Kanji 時 as well.

  • word

    時々

    Meaning

    Sometimes

  • word

    時

    Meaning

    Time

  • word

    時間

    Meaning

    Time

  • word

    時代

    Meaning

    Era

  • word

    当時

    Meaning

    Then

  • word

    同時

    Meaning

    Simultaneous

  • word

    時期

    Meaning

    Period

  • word

    目覚まし時計

    Meaning

    Alarm clock

  • word

    時点

    Meaning

    Point, Moment

  • word

    時計

    Meaning

    Watch, Clock

  • word

    腕時計

    Meaning

    Watch

  • word

    一時

    Meaning

    Temporarily, Once

  • word

    時差

    Meaning

    Timezone, Jetlag

  • word

    時間割り

    Meaning

    Schedule

  • word

    時速

    Meaning

    Speed

  • word

    時給

    Meaning

    Hourly wage

  • word

    時刻

    Meaning

    Time

  • word

    日時

    Meaning

    Datetime

  • word

    臨時

    Meaning

    Temporary

  • word

    時折

    Meaning

    Occasionally

  • word

    何時頃

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    戦時

    Meaning

    Wartime

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What does 'Itsu' (何時) mean?

'Itsu' means 'When' .

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