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Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
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注目！今日の会議は十五時、メインルームだ。
Chuumoku! Kyou no kaigi wa juugo-ji, mein ruumu da.
Attention! Today's meeting is at fifteen hundred, in the main room.
みんな注目！終電は二十三時四十分発だ。
Minna chuumoku! Shuuden wa nijuusan-ji yonjuppun hatsu da.
Attention, everyone! The last train leaves at twenty-three forty.
仕事では、いつも二十四時間表記を使う。
Shigoto dewa, itsumo nijuuyo-jikan hyouki o tsukau.
At work, we always use the 24-hour clock.
今日は違うよ！会議があるから、十二時半に変わったんだ。
Kyou wa chigau yo! Kaigi ga aru kara, juuni-ji han ni kawattan da.
Not today! It changed to twelve thirty because of the meeting.
会社まで歩いて十五分です。
Kaisha made aruite juugofun desu.
It's a fifteen-minute walk to work.
いいですね、今日は鶏肉のお弁当がセール中で、三百八十円なんです。
Ii desu ne, kyou wa toriniku no obentou ga seeruchuu de, sanbyaku hachijuu-en nan desu.
Great, today the chicken bentos are on sale, they're three hundred and eighty yen.
計算してみますね…お弁当六つと飲み物で、九百九十円です。
Keisan shite mimasu ne… obentou muttsu to nomimono de, kyuuhyaku kyuujuu-en desu.
Let me calculate... with six bentos and the drinks, that's nine hundred and ninety yen.
四百五十、プラス五百、プラス…飲み物二つ…
Yonhyaku gojuu, purasu gohyaku, purasu… nomimono futatsu…
Four hundred fifty, plus five hundred, plus... two drinks...
こちらは四百五十円です。
Kochira wa yonhyaku gojuu-en desu.
This one is four hundred and fifty yen.
携帯は七時四十二分を示していました。
Keitai wa shichi-ji yonjuuni-fun o shimeshite imashita.
His phone showed seven forty-two.
あと二十分しかない！遅刻しちゃう！
Ato nijuppun shika nai! Chikoku shichau!
Only twenty minutes left! I'm going to be late!
だいたい十時半から、十五分間だよ。
Daitai juu-ji han kara, juugofun-kan da yo.
Usually around ten thirty, for fifteen minutes.
だいたい十時半から、十五分間だよ。
Daitai juu-ji han kara, juugofun-kan da yo.
Usually around ten thirty, for fifteen minutes.
何十年も前、店主にラーメンの作り方を教えた師匠から受け継いだものでした。
Nanjuunen mo mae, tenshu ni raamen no tsukurikata o oshieta shishou kara uketsuida mono deshita.
It came from the master who taught the owner how to make ramen, decades ago.
うーん、少し減らせますか?二百五十グラムくらいで。
Ūn, sukoshi herasemasu ka? Nihyaku gojuu guramu kurai de.
Hmm, could you make it a bit less? Maybe two hundred fifty.
十回目の地震のあとは、パニックにならないことを覚えるのよ。
Jukkaime no jishin no ato wa, panikku ni naranai koto wo oboeru no yo.
After the tenth earthquake, you learn not to panic.
大きな劇場じゃないけど、私にとってはもう十分大きいの。
Ookina gekijou janai kedo, watashi ni totte wa mou juubun ookii no.
It's not a big theater, but to me it's already huge.
二十分後にお店で会うのはどう?
Nijuppun-go ni omise de au no wa dou?
Meet you at the store in twenty minutes?
十月の初め——「衣替え」の季節です。日本が夏服から冬服に切り替える時期のことです。
Juugatsu no hajime -- "koromogae" no kisetsu desu. Nihon ga natsufuku kara fuyufuku ni kirikaeru jiki no koto desu.
Early October -- the season of "koromogae," when Japan swaps summer clothes for winter ones.
最初の種目は、五十メートル走でした。
Saisho no shumoku wa, gojuu meetoru sou deshita.
The first event was the fifty-meter dash.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-10-22 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0