時計 Watch

Meaning

Primary

Watch

Alternative

Clock

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A thing that gives you time measurements is a watch or clock. Most people have these in their phones instead of on their wrists now.

Reading

とけい

Explanation

The reading for this is pretty weird. 計 is all nice and normal, but 時 is と for some reason. It probably is coming from the vocab word 時 (とき), is my guess. But even if it is, it's shortened, making it a step more complicated. Maybe it's just better to imagine that your watch is a walky talky (とけい) and run with that?

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 時計の〜

  時計の音

  the sound of a clock

  時計の文字

  text on a clock face

  時計のはり

  hand of a clock

• 時計〜

  時計じかけ

  clockwork, contraption activated by a timer

  時計メーカー

  clockmaker, watchmaker

  時計回り

  clockwise

• 〜時計

  電波時計

  a radio-controlled clock

  アナログ時計

  analog clock, analog watch

  体内時計

  a body clock, a biological clock

• 時計を〜

  時計を合わせる

  to set the clock

  時計を持つ

  to carry a watch, to have a watch

  時計を見る

  to look at a watch

Context Sentences

コウイチはビエトにもらった時計を船から落としてしまいました。

Koichi dropped the clock Viet had given him from the ship.

時計台の下で、三時に待ち合わせね！

We're gonna meet at the clock tower at 3 p.m., okay?

ねぇ、あなたの時計に唾が着いてない？

Hey, isn’t that spit on your watch?

Kanji Composition

1. 時

   じ Time
2. 計

   けい Measure