Setting the time and making appointments
何時 means 'what time'. 三時 is read さんじ, 九時 is くじ, and 十時 is じゅうじ. The に after the time means that something happens at that time. 会いましょう is a suggestion to meet.
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今、何時ですか。
ima nanji desu ka
What time is it now?
三時です。
sanji desu
It's three o'clock.
何時に開店しますか。
nanji ni kaiten shimasu ka
What time do you open?
九時に開店します。
kuji ni kaiten shimasu
We open at nine o'clock.
明日の朝十時に会いましょう。
ashita no asa jūji ni aimashō
Let's meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
遅れてすみません。
okurete sumimasen
I apologize for being late.
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It's three o'clock.
三時です。
We open at nine o'clock.
九時に開店します。
I apologize for being late.
遅れてすみません。
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