UM TAGUM COLLEGE

Arellano St., Tagum City, Davao del Norte, Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM
MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM

LEARNING
MODULE

MELODIA M. INFANTE
FL 111 INSTRUCTOR
 MODULE 6

Infused Values: Discipline, Punctuality, Diligence

Learning Outcomes

1. Translate the months, days, hours and minutes from English to Japanese;
2. Determine the time using the Japanese language;
3. State the correct time using the Japanese language;
4. Write a short narrative of their daily activities using the concepts of time;
5. Create a clock and calendar with the Japanese translations of the concepts of time; and
6. Explain the importance of valuing Japanese time especially in terms of punctuality

INTRODUCTION
In the previous module, you have learned
counting a nd tra nslating n u mbers in Jap an ese
that are nec essary in everyday life wh en y ou go
to Japan. The concepts you learned from the
nu mb ers will be very muc h useful in le arning the
conce pts of ti mes in Jap an ese. Likewise, telling
time is one of the most essential aspects of
everyday life.
In this mod ule, you will discover h ow to
express ti me a nd dat es in Ja p an ese so you can
describe, for example, when you are going to
meet with your business partners or clients or
when your date should pick you up. Learning how
to express time in Japanese is essential and
useful especially wh en visiting Jap an. Also, it will
help you improve your basic Japanese langua ge
©The Guardian skills.

Telling time in Japan ese is quite simple and easy to understan d. Thus, in this module, you will learn how to do the
very basic way of telling time in Japanese. Ja ne, ganbatte kudasai!

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 LEARNING CONTENT

MONTHS

Months are basically numbers (1 through 12) + gatsu, which means, literally, "month" in English. So, to say the months of the
year, y ou generally s ay the number of the month, foll owed by gats u. B ut, there are exc epti ons : P ay attenti on to A pril, J ul y, and
September. April is shi-gatsu, not yon-gatsu, July is shichi-gatsu, not nana-gatsu, and September is ku-gatsu, not kyuu-gatsu.

ENGLISH JAPANESE (Romaji)

January Ichigatsu
February Nigatsu
March Sangatsu
April Shigatsu
May Gogatsu
June Rokugatsu
July Shichigatsu
August Hachigatsu
September Kugatsu
October Juugatsu
November Juuichigatsu
December Juunigatsu

Relative Time/Non – Specific:

 sensengetsu (the month before last)
 sengetsu (last month)
 kongetsu (this month)
 raigetsu (next month)
 saraigetsu (the month after next)
 maigetsu/maitsuki (every month)

Example:
This month is October.
(Kongetsu ha Juugatsu desu.)

The month before last was August.

(Sensengetsu ha Hachigatsu deshita.)

Last month was September.

(Sengetsu ha Kugatsu deshita.)

Next month is November.

(Raigetsu ha Juuichigatsu desu.)

Question Pattern for Asking the Month:

Relative time wa nangatsu desu ka? (nangatsu means “what month?”)

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 DAYS OF THE MONTH

There are more to remember when it c omes to the J apanese days of the month. Firstly there are special readings from the
1st to 10th days. Thus, y ou really need to memorize them. W hile the rest can be used with the techniques of memorizing the ba sic
numbers and add the suffix – nichi that literally means “day of the month”.
Pay attention to the difference between the 4th and the 8th. The 4th is read as よっか (yokka), whereas the 8th is read as
ようか (youka) using chouon (long vowels).
DAYS OF THE MONTH HIRAGANA JAPANESE (ROMAJI)
1 ❜いたち TSUITACHI
Relative Time/Non – Specific:
 ototoi (the day before yesterday) 2 ふ❜か FUTSUKA
 kinou (yesterday) 3 みっか MIKKA
 kyou (today) 4 よっか YOKKA
 ashita (tomorrow) 5 い❜か ITSUKA
 asatte (the day after tomorrow) 6 むいか MUIKA
 mainichi (everyday) 7 な✰か NANOKA
Question Pattern for Asking the Date: 8 ようか YOUKA
Relative time wa nannichi desu ka? 9 ここ✰か KOKONOKA
(nannichi means “what date?”) 10 とおか TOOKA
11 じゅういち に ち JUUICHINICHI
12 じゅうににち JUUNINICHI
13 じゅうさんにち JUUSANNICHI
14 じゅうよっか JUUYOKKA
15 じゅうごにち JUUGONICHI
Let’s try!
16 じゅうろくにち JUUROKUNICHI
Vocabularies: 17 じゅうしちにち JUUSHICHINICHI
kaigi meeting 18 じゅうはち に ち JUUHACHINICHI
tanjoubi birthday 19 じゅうくに ち JUUKUNICHI
itsu when 20 は❜か HATSUKA
21 にじゅうい ち にち NIJUUICHINICHI
Question 1:
Kaigi ha itsu desu ka?
22 にじゅうに に ち NIJUUNINICHI
(When is the meeting?) 23 にじゅうさ ん に ち NIJUUSANNICHI
24 にじゅうよ っか NIJUUYOKKA
a. Kaigi ha ashita desu. 25 にじゅうご に ち NIJUUGONICHI
(The meeting is tomorrow.) 26 にじゅうろくにち NIJUUROKUNICHI
b. Raigetsu no touka desu. 27 にじゅうしちにち NIJUUSHICHINICHI
(It’s on the 10th of next month.)
c. Hachigatsu tsuitachi desu.
28 にじゅうは ち にち NIJUUHACHINICHI
(1st day of August.) 29 にじゅうくにち NIJUUKUNICHI
30 さんじゅうに ち SANJUUNICHI
Question 2: 31 さんじゅうい ち にち SANJUUICHINICHI
Tanjoubi ha itsu desu ka?
(When is your birthday?)

a. Saraigetsu desu. (It’s the month after next.)

b. Tanjoubi ha kinou deshita. (It was yesterday.)
c. Rokugatsu itsuka desu.
(It’s on the 5th day of June.)

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 DAYS OF THE WEEK

Days of the week in Japanes e are easy to remember. Each day ends with the word 曜日 (youbi), which means "day of the
week". The only differenc e lies in the first character.
 ☎ (getsu) means moon, so Monday is the day of moon.
 ✐ (ka) means fire, so Tuesday is the day of fire.
 水 (sui) means water, so Wednesday is the day of water.
 木 (moku) means wood, so Thursday is the day of wood.
 金 (kin) means gold, so Friday is the day of gold.
 土 (do) means earth, so Saturday is the day of earth.
 日 (nichi) means sun, so Sunday is the day of sun.
In Japan, you will most likely see that only the first character is used to represent the days of the week. Like for example in
newspapers or the business hours of shops, the Japanes e usually use ( ☎), (✐), (水), (木), (金), (土) and (日).
DAYS OF THE WEEK KANJI HIRAGANA JAPANESE (ROMAJI)
MONDAY ☎曜日 げ❜ようび GETSUYOUBI
TUESDAY ✐曜日 かようび KAYOUBI
WEDNESDAY 水曜日 すいようび SUIYOUBI
THURSDAY 木曜日 もくよう び MOKUYOUBI
FRIDAY 金曜日 きんようび KINYOUBI
SATURDAY 土曜日 どようび DOYOUBI
SUNDAY 日曜日 にちようび NICHIYOUBI

Relative Time/Non – Specific:

 ototoi (the day before yesterday)
 kinou (yesterday
 today (kyou)
 tomorrow (ashita)
 asatte (the day after tomorrow)
 mainichi (everyday)

NOTE: These relative times are just the same with the dates of the
month

Question Pattern for Asking the Day:

Relative time wa nanyoubi desu ka?
(nanyoubi means “what day”?)

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HOURS
To tell the hour i n J apanes e, you j us t need to append 時 (ji) to the basic numbers . The tabl e bel ow s hows the readings for
hours . Tak e note of the different pronunciations required for the hi ghlighted hours . Four o'cl ock is pronounc ed as よじ (yoji), not
よんじ (yonji). Nine o'clock is pronounced as くじ(kuji), not きゅうじ (kyuuji).

HOUR IN ENGLISH HIRAGANA JAPANESE (ROMAJI)

1 いちじ ICHIJI
2 にじ NIJI
3 さんじ SANJI
4 よじ YOJI
5 ごじ GOJI
6 ろくじ ROKUJI
7 しちじ SHICHIJI
8 はちじ HACHIJI
9 くじ KUJI
10 じゅうじ JUUJI
11 じゅういちじ JUUICHIJI
12 じゅうにじ JUUNIJI
13 じゅうさんじ JUUSANJI
14 じゅうよじ JUUYOJI ©NihongoPh

15 じゅうごじ JUUGOJI
16 じゅうろくじ JUUROKUJI
17 じゅうしちじ JUUSHICHIJI
18 じゅうはちじ JUUHACHIJI
19 じゅうくじ JUUKUJI
20 にじゅうじ NIJUUJI
21 にじゅういちじ NIJUUICHIJI
22 にじゅうにじ NIJUUNIJI
23 にじゅうさんじ NIJUUSANJI
24 にじゅうよじ NIJUUYOJI

In addition, you need to add ごぜん (gozen) in front of the time to indicate AM,
and ご ご (gogo) to indicate PM. For example,
ごぜん8 時25 分 （gozen hachiji nijuugofun) = 8:25 AM
ごご 2時50分 (gogo niji gojuppun) = 2:50 PM

Question Patterns for Asking the Hour/Time:

 Event ha nanji desu ka? (nanji means “what hour” or “what time”)
 ima nanji desu ka? (What time is it now?)

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 MINUTES AND SECONDS
Simil arly , to tell the mi nute in J apanes e, y ou j us t need to append 分 (fun or pun depends on di fferent numbers) to the
numbers. Foll ow the s ame rule to tell the s ec ond i n J apanes e. A ppend 秒 (by ou) to the number. Howev er most of the ti me y ou
would not need to give the seconds of the time.
Tak e note of the different pronunciations required for mi nutes ended with 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10, whic h are pronounc ed as
pun. The res t are pronounced as fun. As the pronunciations are the same, the minutes from 21 to 29, 31 to 39, 41 to 49 and 51 to 58
are omitted in the table below.

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Vocabularies:
jikan time
kaigi meeting
shuppatsu departure
touchaku arrival
tanjoubi birthday
chekku auto check out
itsu when
choudo exactly
ima now
kara from
made to/until
ni particle to indicate specific time
okimasu wake up

Question 1:
Kaigi ha nanji desu ka? (What time is the meeting?)
a. ima desu. (It’s now.)
b. gogo niji juugofun desu. (The meeting is at 2:15 p.m.)

Question2:
Shuppatsu jikan ha nanji desu ka? (What time is your departure?)
a. Shuppatsu jikan ha gogo goji yonjuugofun desu.
(My departure time is at 5:45 p.m.)

Question 3:
Touchako ha nanji desu ka? (What time is your arrival?)
a. kuji kara juuji made desu. (It’s from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.)

Question 4:
chekku auto ha nanji desu ka? (What time is your check out?)
a. choudo gozen kuji desu. (It’s exactly 9 a.m.)

Question 5:
nanji ni okimasu ka? (What time do you wake up?)
a. gozen rokuji ni okimasu. (I wake up at 6:00 am.)

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 APPLICATION

A. TIME TRANSLATION WRITING PRACTICE (ROMAJI) (via Quipper and Google Form)

Direction: Answer the following questions in Japanese. Base your in answer from the given word inside the
parenthesis . Use ALL CAPITAL ROMAJI LETTERS. (3 points each)
Example:
Kyou ha nanyoubi desu ka. (Wednesday)
Answer: Kyou ha Suiyoubi desu.

1. Kinou ha nanyoubi deshita ka. (Thursday)

2. Tanjoubi ha itsu desu ka. (Your complete birthday)
3. Ototoi ha nangatsu nannichi nanyoubi deshita ka? (Today is October 15, Thursday).
4. Kurisumasu ha nangatsu nannichi nanyoubi desu ka? (Christmas Day this year)
5. Valentine’s Day ha itsu desu ka. (Month and Date)

B. TIME IN JAPANESE (via Quipper and Google Form)

Direction: Translate the following time in Japanese. Use ALL CAPITAL ROMAJI LETTERS. (3 points each)

1.) 9:20 AM
2.) 5:32 PM
3.) 1:15 AM
4.) 6:46 PM
5.) 7:30 AM
6.) 11:05 PM
7.) 3:00 AM
8.) 12:35 PM
9.) 8:52 AM
10.) 1:30 PM

ASSESSMENT

MECHANICS:

1. Write a 2-paragraph short narrative about the usual things you do in your daily life from morning to evening.
2. The aim of this output is to utilize your knowledge in Japanes e time concepts that are tackled in this module and other
previous knowledge that you had learned from this subject.
3. Output Guidelines
o The narrative should reach at least four (2) paragraphs with minimum of five (5) sentences per paragraph.
o Must be creative and original
o Display of learning must be evident
o The narrative should be written using the Japanese scripts.
o Must be written in a clean short bond paper
o Picture of the output must be taken or scanned clearly
o Must be saved in a PDF format
4. Submission Guidelines:
o For Grading Purposes, please follow the following:
o Attach the PDF file of your narrative on or before the due time posted in the stream.
o [NOTE] This will be credited also as one of your final requirements.
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EXPECTED OUTPUT

MECHANICS:

1. Make a D.I.Y (Do It Yourself) clock and calendar that will display the concepts of Japanese time and dates.
2. The ai m of this output is to utilize y our k nowl edge in J apanese ti me conc epts that are tackl ed i n this modul e and to
further enhance your learni ng by applying your creativity in making a J apanes e clock and calendar. Also, by having your
self-made learning material, you will easily remember and learn the times and dates.
3. Output Guidelines
 The times in the clock and months and dates of the calendar should be in Japanese (either Kanji, Hiragan a or
Romaji).
 Materials used in the clock and calendar are either recyclables or bought in low prices.
 A time-lapse video should be made as a proof in making the clock and calendar
 Take a picture of the DIY clock and calendar (you can take it with yourself as well)

4. Submission Guidelines:

o For Grading Purposes, please follow the following:

o You must attach the link of your recorded video or mp4 video on or before the due time posted in the stream.
o Video encoding format of MPEG-4 / H264. Video format – MP4
o Post your DIY clock and calendar in Facebook; no number of likes required; after copy/attach the link of the post
to your assigned classwork
o Post must contain the following information:
 One (1) paragraph caption about the posted DIY clock and calendar and explanation on the
importance of learning Japanese time concepts and gaining the value of Japanese discipline and
punctuality. (More or Less than 150 words)

SYNTHESIS

 Learni ng how to ex press ti me in J apanes e is ess enti al and us eful especi ally when visiting J apan. Als o, it will help y ou
improve your basic Japanes e language skills.
 Japanes e peopl e are v ery disci plined and ti me – oriented. Their promptnes s and punc tuality are v ery well – k nown
throughout the worl d. W e, Fili pinos , c an l earn and i mbi be thes e v al ues i n ev erythi ng we do s o that we c an als o be
excellent like them.
 To express time, the counter suffixes – ji (時) or o’clock and – fun (分) are used.
 The numbers are put before them. 分 is read fun (ふん) after 2, 5, 7, or 9 and pun (ぷん) after 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, or 10.
 Nanji and nanpun are used to ask what time.
 Remember the suffix – gatsu when you tell the months in Japanese, -nichi for the dates, -youbi for the days of the week,
- ji for the hours, - fun and – pun for minutes, and – byou for seconds.
 Just like the basic numbers, you also need to be careful with memorizing the special time concept in dates, hours, and
minutes.

SELF - REFLECTION
Direction: Read and understand the questions below and reflect personally (via Quipper)

1. Based on what you have learned, why is it important to learn and understand time concepts in Japanese?
2. What did you feel upon learning the time concepts in Japanese such as months, dates, days, hours, and minutes? Why do
you say so?

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 REFERENCES

Books:
Ocdenaria, J.M.E. and Biscocho, S. P. (2017). Nihongo module. Manila: Unlimited Books
Library Services and Publishing, Inc.
Sato, E. (2013). Japanese for dummies. New Jersey: John Wiley &Sons, Inc.

Websites:
Different Japanese Time Periods Using Japanese Numbers. https://www.learn-japanese-
adventure.com/j apanes e-numbers-time.html
ThoughtCo. (2020). How to Say the Months, Days, and Seasons in Japanese. Retrieved from
https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-say-the-months-and-days-in-japanese-2028134

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 APPENDICES
RUBRICS FOR SHORT NARRATIVE
CRITERIA OUTSTANDING VERY GOOD GOOD SATISFACTORY
(25) (20) (15) (10)
Concept/theme of Concept/theme of Concept/theme of Concept/theme of
the narrative is very the narrative is the narrative is the narrative is
clearly clearly presented presented
Contents/Concept presented presented throughout but lacks
throughout throughout the content, consistency
the contents, the content, necessary details throughout the
necessary details necessary details are presented and content and is not so
are accurately are accurately are related to the related to the lesson.
presented and are presented and are lesson.
very related to the related to the lesson.
lesson.
Characters are very Characters are Characters are Characters are
Clarity/Correctness of accurately written accurately written written well and can written and can be
Japanese characters’ and can be read and and can be read and be read and read and
appearance recognized very recognized easily. recognized. recognized,
easily. however, their
appearances seem
wrong.
The narrative The narrative The narrative There is little
contains many contains a few contains a few evidence of creativity
Creativity/ Originality/ details and/or creative details creative details in the narrative.
Grammar descriptions that and/or descriptions and/or descriptions, Concepts of time
contribute to the that contribute to the but they distract the and sentence
readers’ enjoyment. readers’ enjoyment. content. Concepts of patterns are not
Concepts of time Concepts of time time and sentence evident.
and sentence and sentence patterns are used
patterns are very patterns are limitedly.
accurately used. accurately used.
Presentation/ All output guidelines Output guidelines Output guidelines Many guidelines are
Organization of Ideas/ are followed are followed, but 1 or are followed, but 3 or incorrectly done.
Easy to understand accordingly. 2 guidelines are 4 guidelines are Organization of
and follow Organization of incorrectly done. incorrectly done. ideas is not evident
ideas is very evident Organization of Organization of throughout the
throughout the ideas is evident ideas is evident but narrative. There is
narrative. There is a throughout the not throughout the no clear flow of
very clear flow of narrative. There is a narrative. There is a presentation.
presentation. clear flow of good flow of
presentation. presentation.
TOTAL
SCORE

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 RUBRICS FOR D.I.Y. CLOCK AND CALENDAR

CRITERIA 25 20 15 10
Concept/content of the Concept/content of the Concept/content of the
Concept/content of the
clock and calendar is clock and calendar is clock and calendar isclock and calendar is
very clearly clearly presented throughout presented
Contents of the Clock presented; necessary presented; necessary the content, necessary
but lacks consistency
and Calendar/ Concept/ details are accurately details are accurately details are presentedthroughout the content
Accuracy of Content presented and are presented and are and are related to the
and is not so related
Translation very related to the related to the lesson. lesson. The terms areto the lesson. The
lesson. The terms are The terms are translated well but terms are all
very accurately accurately translated. with 3 or 4 error/s. translated but with
translated. many errors.
The clock and The clock and The clock and There is little evidence
calendar contain many calendar contain a few calendar contain a few of creativity in the
Creativity/ creative details and/or creative details and/or creative details and/or clock and calendar.
Originality/Crafts manshi p descriptions. descriptions. descriptions. Craftsmanship and
Craftsmanship and Craftsmanship and Craftsmanship and creativity are not
creativity are evident creativity are evident creativity are used evident.
and very accurately and accurately used. limitedly.
used.
Contents of the Contents of the Contents of the Contents of the
caption are very caption are clearly caption are presented; caption are clearly
Content of the Captions clearly presented; presented; necessary necessary details are presented but lack
necessary details are details are accurately presented and are consistency.
accurately presented presented and are related to the given
and are very related to related to the given theme.
the given theme. theme.
All output guidelines Output guidelines are Output guidelines are Many guidelines are
Presentation/ Clock, are followed followed, but 1 or 2 followed, but 3 or 4 incorrectly done.
Calendar, and Video are accordingly. guidelines are guidelines are Organizati on of ideas
Easy to understand and Organizati on of ideas incorrectly done. incorrectly done. is not evident
follow is very evident Organizati on of ideas Organizati on of ideas throughout the needed
throughout the needed is evident throughout is evident but not outputs. There is no
outputs. There is a the needed outputs. throughout the needed clear flow of
very clear flow of There is a clear flow of outputs. There is a presentation.
presentation. presentation. good flow of
presentation.
TOTAL
SCORE
Prepared by:

MELODIA M. INFANTE
Professor, FL 115

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