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How to Say ‘About what time does it arrive?’ in Japanese

何時ごろ着きますか。

nan ji goro tsuki masu ka

[nan jee GOH-roh tsoo-KEE mahs ka]

🇯🇵 In Japan: A parade moves slowly and can run late, so asking with ごろ invites a rough estimate. Staff can answer it comfortably without promising an exact minute.

Phrase Breakdown

何時ごろ

nan ji goro

around what time

Asks for an approximate time. ごろ softens it to 'about'.

Example

何時ごろ始まりますか。

Around what time does it start?

Words in this phrase

何

nan

[nan]

what

何 means what; in 何時 it helps ask 'what time'.

Example

何時に始まりますか。

What time does it start?

時

[jee]

time / hour

時 means time or o'clock; with 何 it becomes 'what time'.

Example

何時に始まりますか。

What time does it start?

ごろ

goro

[GOH-roh]

around; about (time)

Suffix showing an approximate point in time.

Example

八時ごろ起きます。

I get up around eight.

着きますか。

tsuki masu ka

will (we) arrive?

The verb 'arrive' plus the question marker か.

Example

京都に着きますか。

Will we arrive in Kyoto?

Words in this phrase

着き

tsuki

[tsoo-KEE]

arrive (stem)

Stem of 着く, to arrive at a destination.

Example

駅に着きました。

We arrived at the station.

ます

masu

[mahs]

polite present/future ending

ます makes a verb polite in present or future statements.

Example

予約します。

I will make a reservation.

か

[ka]

question particle

Used to create a yes/no question in informal speech.

Example

行くか？

Shall we go?

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