Hello I need help with this translation

[keira031627]

How do I say Dinner time in japanese. I was looking at the core 2000 list, under meals. If i read it correctly it states that dinner is: 夕食 ゆうしょく yūshoku. What is yūsho doki. Thank you. Sorry I am very new at learning Japanese.

[andycarmenjapanese8100]

"Yuushoku" is quite formal, "bangohan" will work better in a casual situation.

"Bangohan no jikan."

"Jikan" means time and "no" is possessive. Literally, it's "dinner's time."

If you wanted to use this as a question, "Bangohan no jikan wa, itsu desu ka?" - "Dinner time, when is it?"

[keira031627]

Thank You very much!
So does yūsho doki mean dinner time also but formal?

[mewes6190]

Hey there!

Actually, both, yuushoku and bangohan mean dinner, or evening meal. yuushoku is marked as "used in written language" though. So, if your friend ask you out for dinner, he'd most likely use bangohan. If you read a book, and a family sits down for dinner, you'd most likely read yuushoku.

It's more a difference of usage, not of meaning.

And it's not yuusho doki.

The first word would be yuushoku (the first kanji 夕 read as yuu, meaning evening, the second Kanji 食 read as shoku, meaning eating), and the second word would be toki, with the kanji for time: 時. The would be connected with the particle no: の.
So, you'd get yuushoku no toki, or: 夕食の時 meaning "at dinner" or "during dinner(time)".

Best
Kurokuma

[community.japanese]

keira031627-san, Andy-san, Kurokuma-san,
Kon'nichiwa
All the kanji meanings were well explained (thanks, Kurokuma-san) and
formality variation was also introduced nicely (cheers, Andy-san)
So, I'd say:
夕食の時間 would be the best if you want to say "time".

Using Andy-san's example sentence, we can say any of those:
Yuushoku no jikan wa nanji (OR itsu) desu ka.
Ban gohan no jikan wa nanji (OR itsu) desu ka.
Yoru gohan no jikan wa naji (OR itsu) desu ka.

Other examples are:
Yuushoku no jikan made ni wa kaette kinasai. (= Make sure you come back home by dinner time).
Ban gohan no jikan ga osoku naru. (= Dinner time would be/become late.)
Yoru gohan no jikan nanoni, mada kaette konai. (= [someone] has not come back yet although it's already dinner time.)

Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[keira031627]

thank you once again, seriously this helps me a lot!
What a great/friendly site, very happy

[community.japanese]

keira-san,
glad to know that!

Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com