| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 時 | とき、じ | time, hour, when |
| 九時 | くじ | nine o'clock |
| 四時 | よじ | four o'clock |
| 三時半 | さんじはん | 3:30 |
| 同時 | どうじ | same time |
| 何時 | なんじ、いつ | what time, when |
| 何時でも | 何時でも | whenever |
| 時代 | じだい | time; a period; an epoch; an age; an era |
| 九時台 | くじだい | between nine and ten (o'clock) |
| 同時に | どうじに | the same time, simultaneously |
| ～時 | ～とき | at the time of ～ |
| 時々 | ときどき | sometimes |
| 一時 | いちじ | moment, time |
| 時刻 | じこく | instant, time, moment |
| 当時 | とうじ | at that time, in those days |
| 日時 | にちじ | date and time |
| 時期 | じき | time, season, period |
| 臨時 | りんじ | temporary, special, extraordinary |
| 時計 | とけい | a watch, a clock |
| 腕時計 | うでどけい | a wristwatch, a watch |
| 時速 | じそく | speed (per hour) |
| 時間 | じかん | time |
| 一時間 | いちじかん | one hour |
| 短時間 | たんじかん | a short time |
| 時間割 | じかんわり | timetable, schedule |
| 一時凌ぎ | いちじしのぎ | makeshift, temporary expedient, stopgap measure |
| 一時賜金 | いちじしきん | lump-sum grant |
| 丑三つ時 | うしみつどき | midnight |
| 休憩時間 | きゅうけいじかん | rest time, intermission |
| 即時 | そくじ | prompt, immediate, in real time |
| 収穫時 | しゅうかくじ | time of harvest |
| 古墳時代 | こふんじだい | Tumulus period (of Japanese history) |
| 叶わぬ時の神頼み | かなわぬときのかみだのみ | Man turns to God only in his trouble |
| 四六時中 | しろくじちゅう | around the clock, day and night (Note: 4 x 6 = 24) |
| 夏時間 | なつじかん | daylight savings time, summer time |
| 奈良時代 | ならじだい | Nara period (710-794 CE) |
| 妊娠時 | にんしんじ | during pregnancy, while pregnant |
| 安土桃山時代 | あづちももやまじだい | Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600 CE) |
| 幼時 | ようじ | cradle |
| 弥生時代 | やよいじだい | Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE) |
| 往時 | おうじ | ancient times |
| 懐中時計 | かいちゅうとけい, かいちゅうどけい | pocket watch |
| 拘束時間 | こうそくじかん | total hours spent working |
| 昭和時代 | しょうわじだい | Showa period (1926-1989 CE) |
| 時は金也 | ときはかねなり | time is money |
| 時事 | じじ | events of the day, current affairs |
| 時代劇 | じだいげき | historical play |
| 時代錯誤 | じだいさくご | anachronism |
| 時価 | じか | current value, price, market value |
| 時半 | じはん | about an hour, short time; half past (the hour) |
| 時宜 | じぎ | right time, appropriate time, season's greetings |
| 時折 | ときおり | sometimes |
| 時期尚早 | じきしょうそう | premature |
| 時機尚早 | じきしょうそう | before its time |
| 時点 | じてん | point in time, occasion |
| 暇な時 | ひまなとき | leisure time |
| 暫時 | ざんじ | short while |
| 柏鵬時代 | はくほうじだい | (sumo) era during 1960s dominated by grand champions Taiho and Kashiwado |
| 歳時記 | さいじき | almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets) |
| 潮時 | しおどき | tidal hour; the right time, favourable opportunity (favorable) |
| 瞬時 | しゅんじ | moment, instant |
| 草木も眠る丑三つ時 | くさきもねむるうしみつとき | the dead of night |
| 適時 | てきじ | timely, opportune |
| 鎌倉時代 | かまくらじだい | Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE) |
| 随時 | ずいじ | at any time, as occasion calls |
| 零時 | れいじ | 12 o'clock (midnight) |
| 黄金時代 | おうごんじだい | Golden Age |