May 1, 2010

The Day and Months in Japanese Language

This lesson will list the names of the months and the days of the weeks.
You also will notice that the Kanji has been added after the hiragana.
The reason I have added kanji to this section is that one should get familiar with these kanji as they will been seen often when in Japan because of the importance of the days of the week and months.


Weekdays
  • Sunday - Nichiyoubi
    nichiyoubi.
  • Monday - Getsuyoubi
    getsuyoubi.
  • Tuesday - Kayoubi
    kayoubi.
  • Wednesday - Suiyoubi
    suiyoubi.
  • Thursday - Mokuyoubi
    mokuyoubi.
  • Friday - Kinyoubi
    kinyoubi.
  • Saturday - Doyoubi
    doyoubi.

Months
  • January -  ichigatsu
    ichigatsu.
  • February - nigatsu
    nigatsu.
  • March - sangatsu
    sangatsu.
  • April - shigatsu
    shigatsu.
  • May - gogatsu
    gogatsu.
  • June - Rokugatsu
    rokugatsu.
  • July - shichigastu
    shigatsu.
  • August - hachigatsu
    hachigatsu.
  • September - kugatsu
    kugatsu.
  • October - jyuugatsu
    jyuugatsu.
  • November - jyuuichigatsu
    jyuuichigatsu.
  • December - jyuunigatsu
    jyuunigatsu.
Number days of the week
  • 1st of the month - tsuitachi
    tsuitachi.
  • 2nd - futsuka
    futsuka.
  • 3 - mikka
    mikka.
  • 4 - yokka
    yokka.
  • 5 - itsuka
    itsuka.
  • 6 - muika
    muika.
  • 7 - nanoka
    nanoka
  • 8 - youka
    youka.
  • 9 - kokonoka
    kokonoka.
  • 10 - tooka
    tooka.
  • 11 - jyuuichicinichi
    jyuuichinichi.
  • 12 - jyuuninichi
    jyuuninichi.
  • 13 - jyuusannichi
    jyuusannichi.
  • 14 - jyuuyokka (exception)
    jyuuyokka.
  • 15 - jyuugonichi
    jyuugonichi.......
  • 20 - hastuka
    hatsuka.
    21
    - nijyuuichinichi
    nijyuuichinichi

    ...
  • 24 - nijyuuyokka
    nijyuuyokka...
  • 30 - sanjyuunichi
    sanjyuunichi.

Example:

January 9
ichigatsu kokonoka
jan9


1 comment:

  1. Thank you sooooo much for your blog! You make it so simple, and I learned so much. I wish you were in the bronx, I really want to learn fluent japanese.

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