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Learn how to write time zone in Japanese Kanji script.

Japanese Kanji symbols "Morning, noon, evening, night, and midnight"

These are images in the attached graphic.
The red arrows tell you the stroke order.
The stroke order is important in Japanese writing.

Besides, each kanji has "onyomi" and "kunyomi".

Please refer to the word enumerated in the example.
The pronunciation in parentheses is "Okuri-gana".

The image expands by the click.

Morning			chou		asa

Japanese breakfast style

A traditional Japanese breakfast consists basically of rice and miso soup.

But, Japanese breakfast style has been westernized heavily over the last 50 years.

Most popular Japanese style items are ご飯[rice] (52%), 味噌汁[miso soup] (38%) and 納豆[natto] (21%).

English	Kanji	Hiragana	Pronunciation
Morning	朝	あさ	asa
Morning newspaper	朝刊	ちょうかん	chou kan
Morning meeting	朝礼	ちょうれい	shou rei
Breakfast	朝食/ 朝ごはん	ちょうしょく/ あさごはん	chou shoku/ asa gohan
late rising	朝寝坊	あさねぼう	asa nebou
morning mist	朝もや	あさもや	asa moya
morning dew	朝露	あさつゆ	asa tsuyu
a morning glory	朝顔	あさがお	asa gao
morning and evening	朝晩	あさばん	asa ban
get home in the morning	朝帰り	あさがえり	asa gae(ri)
a morning open-air market	朝市	あさいち	asa ichi
have a morning bath	朝風呂/ 朝湯	あさぶろ/ あさゆ	asa buro/ asa yu

noon, midday			chuu		hiru

Japanese peculiar lunch Bento

Japanese peculiar lunch "Bento"

Do you know bento of Japan?

弁当[Bento] is a lunchbox for lunch.
Bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine.
A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container.
Because the price of the restaurant is high, bento made at home is very economical.

English	Kanji	Hiragana	Pronunciation
noon/midday	昼/正午	ひる/しょうご	hiru/shougo
day and night	昼夜	ちゅうや	chuu ya
day/daytime	昼間	ひるま	hiru ma
nap/daytime nap	昼寝	ひるね	hiru ne
lunch	昼飯,/ 昼ごはん	ひるめし/ ひるごはん	hiru meshi/ hiru gohan
lunch break/noon break	昼休み	ひるやすみ	hiru yasu(mi)
early in the fternoon, in the early afternoon	昼下がり	ひるさがり	hiru sa(gari)
broad daylight	昼日中	ひるひなか	hiru hinaka

Evening			seki		yuu

Hatanaka Gion Kyoto Traditional Japanese Dinner

This is dinner in the inn in Kyoto.
This woman's work is to entertain the hotel guest.
And her position name is "Nakai".

The 中居[Nakai] is always attentive and aware of the pace at which the guests are dining, so that she can serve dishes at the perfect timing, in close collaboration with the kitchen staff.

English	Japanese	Hiragana	Pronunciation
Evening	夕方	ゆうがた	yuu gata
Evening newspaper	夕刊	ゆうかん	yuu kan
in the twilight/ at twilight	夕暮れ	ゆうぐれ	yuu gu(re)
supper/dinner	夕食/ 夕飯/ 夕ご飯	ゆうしょく/ ゆうはん/ ゆうごはん	yuu shoku/ yuu han/ yuu gohan
Shower	夕立ち	ゆうだち	yuu da(chi)
The setting sun	夕日	ゆうひ	yuu hi
dusk/twilight	夕闇	ゆうやみ	yuu yami
evening glow/sunset	夕焼け	ゆうやけ	yuu ya(ke)

evening/ night			ban		-----

The name of time zone during a day

Japanese time zone is vague.

The left graphic image is an image of my time zone.
There are people who say that "晩[ban]" and "夜[yoru]" are the same, too.

It might surely be not therefore constant.

Is what I say vague?
Probably, almost all Japanese are vague.

English	Japanese	Hiragana	Pronunciation
evening/ night	晩	ばん	ban
dinner/ supper/ evening meal	晩飯/ 晩ごはん	ばんめし/ ばんごはん	ban meshi/ ban gohan
have a drink with one's dinner at home	晩酌	ばんしゃく	ban shaku
Dinner party	晩餐会	ばんさんかい	ban san kai
late marriage	晩婚	ばんこん	ban kon
in late autumn	晩秋	ばんしゅう	ban shuu
in one's later years life, late in life	晩年	ばんねん	ban nen

The name of time zone during a day
English	kanji	Hiragana	Pronunciation
Snnrise	日の出	ひので	hinode
Morning	午前中	ごぜんちゅう	gozen chuu
Day	日中	にっちゅう	nicchuu
Afternoon	午後	ごご	gogo
Sunset	日没	にちぼつ	nichi botsu
Evening	夕方	ゆうがた	yuu gata
Bedtime	就寝時	しゅうしんじ	shuushin ji
Midnight	夜/深夜/夜中	よる/しんや/よなか	yoru/shinya/yonaka

night, evening			ya		yo, yoru,

Japanese cup ramen

Cup ramens is convenient and very delicious.
But it is quite nutritionally horrendous.
It's deep-fried in oil.
To make things worse, the instant soup mix has more fat in it, not to mention a lot of salt, MSG, preservatives and other mystery ingredients.
Cup ramens is 450-800 calories.

But...I eat it sometimes myself.
I love cup ramen, especially for a late-night snack(夜食[yashoku]).
But... it surely increases my weight.

English	Japanese	Hiragana	Pronunciation
night/ evening	夜	よる	yoru
Midnight	深夜/ 夜中/ 真夜中	しんや/ よなか/ まよなか	shin ya/ yonaka/ ma yonaka
Tonight	今夜	こんや	konya
late at night/ at midnight	夜更け	よふけ	yo fu(ke)
a late-night snack	夜食	やしょく	ya shoku
every night/ night after night	夜な夜な	よなよな	yona yona
stay up late at night	夜更かし	よふかし	yo fuka(shi)
nocturnal	夜行性	やこうせい	yakou sei
Evening school	夜間学校	やかんがっこう	yakan gakkou
night duty/ night work	夜勤	やきん	yakin
night view	夜景	やけい	yakei
Night sky	夜空	よぞら	yo zora
Moonlight night	月夜	つきよ	tsuki yo

Let's practice writing the Japanese Kanji symbols

The exercise sheet of Japanese Kanji.
Trace on Kanji in numerical order.

Notebook of practice of stroke order of Kanji symbols that shows time zone.pdf

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