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２時 (にじ, niji) Japanese meaning: two o'clock | Kotomora

２に時じ

に

じ

Meanings

1

Refers to the time 2:00, either AM or PM depending on context.

会かい議ぎは２時じから始はじまります。
The meeting starts at two o'clock.

Kanji

時time, hour
二two, two radical (no. 7)

Don't confuse with

虹にじN3
虹 (a rainbow) and 二時 (two o'clock) are pronounced identically but are unrelated words distinguished only by kanji and context.
二に次じ
二時 means 'two o'clock', a homophone of 二次 that learners often confuse when listening rather than reading.

今いま、２時じです。

It's two o'clock now.

Word family

十じゅう二に時じ
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
２２にじゅうに時じ
10 PM; 22:00

Written forms

２に時じ
Standard modern spelling using Arabic numeral.
二に時じ
Kanji numeral spelling; common in formal or vertical writing.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (に, 'two') and 時 (じ, 'o'clock').