何なん時じ

な

ん

じ

Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

what time; which hour

Used to ask for the current time or the time of an event. The literal gloss 'which hour' is rarely needed in natural English.

いつ
いつ is a general question word for 'when', while 何時 specifically asks for a clock time or hour.
何なん分ぷん
何分 asks for minutes, while 何時 asks for the hour.

Compound of 何 (なに, 'what') and 時 (じ, 'hour'). The reading なんじ is a regular contraction of なに + じ.