How to Say ‘Friday evening at seven.’ in Japanese
金曜日の夜七時です。
kinyoubi no yoru shichi ji desu
[keen-yoh-bee noh shee-CHEE jee dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Japanese stacks time from largest to smallest: day, then part of day, then hour. That's the reverse of English "seven on Friday evening".
Phrase Breakdown
金曜日の夜
kinyoubi no yoru
Friday night
This sets the day and time of day. Say kin-you-bi no yo-ru smoothly, with a light tap for the 'r'.
金曜日の夜に会いましょう。
Let's meet on Friday night.
Words in this phrase
金曜日
kinyoubi
[keen-yoh-bee]
Friday
A day of the week often used when confirming departure or check-in dates.
金曜日に出発します。
I will depart on Friday.
の
no
[noh]
of; linking particle
Links two nouns to make “after meals”: ごはんのあと.
ごはんのあとにお薬を飲みます。
I take medicine after meals.
夜
yoru
七時です。
shichi ji desu
at seven o'clock
This gives the exact time. 七時 is shichiji. Keep 'desu' short, almost 'des'.
予約は七時です。
The reservation is at seven.
Words in this phrase
七
shichi
[shee-CHEE]
seven
The number seven; read しち when telling the hour with 時.
七時に予約しました。
I made a reservation for seven.
時
ji
[jee]
o'clock
Hour counter used after numbers for clock time.
朝8時は忙しいです。
8 a.m. is busy.
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.
少し伺いたいです。
I would like to ask a little.
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