So I am just wondering if I am the only one that really struggles to parse times/large numbers when listening? I can usually pick out the sounds of a word I don’t know and look it up, but some reason I really struggle when a native speak says a time like 10時45分 or a large number quickly.
I’m curious on ways others have used to overcome this.
Thank you in advance!
Nope, you’re not the only one who struggles with this. 
I think the only way to overcome it is the same way you learn the language in general: exposure, practice, and more exposure and practice. I wish there was a shortcut.
This is cool, what a specific useful site. 
1 - 100 so easy.
100k -1b very very humbling… Lol
Also any year that isn’t 20XX is killing me.
Nice find!
Where has this been my entire Japanese-learning career?
Thank you for sharing!
Wow, thats perfect, thanks!!
Just spent a good half an hour testing myself, haha. Surprisingly fun, even coming from an extreme hater of maths. Thanks for the great resource!
Amazing share, thanks a lot!
Yeah big numbers are someting else, but since I started working in a Japanese company they are way more common, so through exposure I got way more comfortable with them (product prices and financial data in JPY can be quite large numbers…)
I have a lot of trouble with big numbers in Japanese. The same is true for Indonesian which I am also learning. I think that is pretty common.
Wow, I knew I wasn’t good at hearing numbers but I thought I wasn’t terrible. But practicing on this site now I’m realizing it’s taking me several seconds to parse even 2 digit numbers! Thanks for sharing!
This is awesome. Does anyone know of similarly simple sites that quiz listening to simple sentences?
I use duolingo with an extension that blurs japanese text when you have to translate it, it help to not read the japanese text and focus more on the audio.
Duolingo has its flaws, not a good app for learning but it is ok for practicing. But if you find some app that reads a sentence and you have translate ir or write what it says, please share.
Another method (an expensive one) is to hire a private teacher, it also will help you to speaking in japanese. A friend recommended me iTalky and found a native japanese speaker who also speaks japanese, probably you can find one that speaks your native language too
Wow this is crazy useful thank you so much!!!
Funny story: I was asked to do an English narration gig for a local museum and I had to read a bunch of famous Japanese names and titles of literature.
So, being the silly English native speaker that I am, I read 1934 as in “nineteen thirty four” even though it was written with a “nen” following it. (the script was in Romaji, I could see the Japanese to the left though, afterward.)
We all had a good laugh at that. I parsed several times before I was able to say it as quickly/clearly as a native Japanese speaker would, though.
When I was studying Japanese in university, I also struggled with writing/understanding/reading these and still struggle. I can hear them pretty clearly now though after having to endure so many ceremonies and speeches by native Japanese speakers.
For example, in the Genki elementary textbooks, they have numbers at the beginning and it shows pictures of different items and prices for them, but when I looked at the price of say a “house” I was dumbfounded…how can I say a number so large? XD
This is actually awesome, I’m definitely going to come back to this in the future.
You could try getting an amazon alexa, set it to japanese, and ask it for the time every day for cheap practice.
This is a great idea to practice the time … Also works with Siri and/or Google Assistant (already in your phone or some headsets)