

Meanings
- 1timenoun
- 2hournoun
- 3period; class; lessonnoun
JMdict 1315920
In a sentence
Do you have time?
How it works
This is about as short as a question gets. The noun 時間 (time) comes first as what’s in question, and the verb ある (have, exist) follows in plain casual form — used for things rather than people. There’s no です (is) or ます (polite) and no subject, so with the rising ? (?) it’s a quick, friendly “got time?”