The 24-hour notation is commonly used in Japan, especially in train schedules. … Using the Japanese notation, times are written as “8時42分”, with the characters for “hour” and “minute” (optionally also 秒 for “seconds”) added after the numerals. It is also common to simply write 8:42 though.

How is the clock time expressed in Japanese?

EnglishKanjiHiragana1 o’clock一時いちじ2 o’clock二時にじ3 o’clock三時さんじ4 o’clock四時よじ

How do you write minutes in Japanese?

It’s quite simple to give time in Japanese once you know about Japanese numbers. To tell the hour in Japanese, you just need to append 時 (ji) to the number. Similarly, to tell the minute in Japanese, you just need to append 分 (fun or pun depends on different numbers) to the numbers.