Conversation Dialogue 2: Talking about the Train Schedule
 

 

Both speakers are waiting for the train that will arrive at 13:28 (1:28 p.m.).

 

A: でんしゃの とうちゃくは なんじですか。
B: (じゅう)(さん)()(じゅう)(はっ)ぷんです。
A: いま、なんじですか。
B: (じゅう)(いち)じ はんごろです。
A: じゃあ、あと()じかんぐらいですね。
B: そうですね。

 

key voc
1. でんしゃ 電車 [electric] train
2. とうちゃく 到着 arrival
3. なんじ 何時 what time/hour?
4. じゅうさんじ 十三時 13:00 (= 1 p.m.)
5. にじゅうはっぷん 二十八分 28 minutes
6. いま now
7. じゅういちじはん 十一時半 half an hour past eleven
8. ごろ   about [approximation of the time]
9. じゃあ   then
10. あと after, later, remaining
11. 二じかん 二時間 two hours
12. ぐらい   about [approximation of the duration]

Additional Vocabulary

1. ~はん suffix for "half an hour"
2. じかん 時間 duration of hour(s); time
3. いま now
4. なんじかん 何時間 how many hours?
5. なんぷん 何分 how many minutes?
English
A: What time is the arrival of the train?
B: It's 13:28.
A: What time is it now?
B: It's around eleven thirty.
A: Then, we have about two more hours.
B: That's right.
bunka
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JR

 

Japan has a modern and extensive network of public transportation systems. Japan Railway referred to as JR (ジェーアール) used to be the single largest public corporation in Japan, but now it is broken up into regional private corporations. (Each regional corporation still retains the "JR" nickname.) Trains run on a tight schedule and they are extremely punctual. In big cities, during the morning and evening rush hours, commuter trains are packed with people. For novice passengers, this is a fact of life to get used to.