How to Say ‘What time does it start running?’ in Japanese
何時からありますか。
nan ji kara ari masu ka
[nan jee kara ah-ree mahs kah]
💬 Usage Tip: ありますか "is there?" is used here to ask when the service runs, so 何時から means "from what time." Change it to 何時まで to ask when the last one runs.
Phrase Breakdown
何時から
nan ji kara
from what time
何時 (nanji) means 'what time'. から (kara) means 'from'.
何時から始まりますか。
From what time does it start?
Words in this phrase
何
nan
[nan]
what
何 means what; in 何時 it helps ask 'what time'.
何時に始まりますか。
What time does it start?
時
ji
[jee]
o'clock; time
Used with numbers to say clock time, like three o’clock or five o’clock.
時を見てください。
Please look at the time.
から
kara
[kara]
from
Shows the starting point in a range, such as from row 1.
一列目から五列目まで売り切れです。
From the first row to the fifth row is sold out.
ありますか。
ari masu ka
is there? / does it run?
あります means 'there is'. Adding か makes it a question. Here it asks whether the bus runs.
トイレはありますか。
Is there a restroom?
Words in this phrase
あり
ari
[ah-ree]
there is; have
Stem of ある, used for existence of things or to ask if something is available.
パンフレットがあり ます。
There are pamphlets.
ます
masu
[mahs]
polite verb ending
A standard polite ending added to verbs, often used in customer service and formal speech.
予約を確認し ます。
I will confirm the reservation.
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
A席はありますか。
Are there A seats available?
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