～時 ⦣ of the clock （時計で）を短くした形.
What time is it now?—It's five (o'clock).
会話What time is it now?—It's five (o'clock).
今何時ですか.—5時です.
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「～時」という時にだけ使い, 「～時～分」には使わない. 話し言葉ではしばしば o'clock を省略する.
It is six o'clock in the evening.
It is six o'clock in the evening.
午後6時です.
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o'clock は1から12の数字について使うので, ×It is eighteen o'clock としない.
The train will arrive at five o'clock.
The train will arrive at five o'clock.
列車は 5時に到着とうちゃくします.
I usually watch the nine o'clock news.
I usually watch the nine o'clock news.
私はたいてい9時のニュースを見る.
