Japanese Calendar
Japanese Calendar
カレンダー
(CALENDAR)
7
6 8 9 10
なな
ろく はち きゅう じゅぅ
しち
がつ (月) (MONTHS OF THE YEAR)
‘yo-u-bi’ when written in Kanji is 曜日, being that the ‘bi’ (日) in
‘yo-u-bi’ means ‘day.’
ようび (曜日) (DAYS OF THE WEEK)
げつようび
ge-tsu-yo-u-bi MONDAY: 月 means ‘moon,’ and like many cultures, Japan associates Monday with the moon.
かあようび
ka-a-yo-u-bi TUESDAY: 火 means ‘fire’ and refers to the planet Mars, the “Fire Star.”
すいようび
su-i-yo-u-bi WEDNESDAY: 水 means ‘water’ and refers to Mercury, the “Water Star.”
もくようび
mo-ku-yo-u-bi THURSDAY: 木 means ‘wood’ or ‘tree’ and refers to Jupiter, the “Wood Star.”
きんようび
ki-n-yo-u-bi FRIDAY: 金 means ‘gold’ or ‘metal’ and refers to Venus, the “Metal Star.”
どようび
do-yo-u-bi SATURDAY: 土 means ‘earth' and is related to Saturn, known as the “Earth Star.”
にち (日) (DATE/DAYS OF THE MONTH)
The days of the month (date) in Japanese are expressed by
counting from one to 31, then adding ‘ni-chi’ (にち) after it.
‘yo-u-bi’ and ‘ni-chi’ are expressed by using the same Kanji (日).
However, they are read differently because they have
different functions. In this case, 日 is used for the days of the
week and date.
にち (日) (DATE/DAYS OF THE MONTH)
Exceptions to remember:
First 10 days of the calendar
The 20th day
Days ending in four (4)
Days ending in seven (7)
Days ending in nine (9)
にち (日) (DATE/DAYS OF THE MONTH)
Exceptions to remember:
First 10 days of the calendar
1 ついたち (tsu-i-ta-chi) 6 むいか (mu-i-ka)
1 2 3 4
ついたち ふつか みっか よっか
tsu-i-ta-chi fu-tsu-ka mi-k-ka yo-k-ka
5 6 7 8 9 10
いつか むいか なのか ようか ここのか とおか
i-tsu-ka mu-i-ka na-no-ka yo-u-ka ko-ko-no-ka to-o-ka
にち (日) (DATE/DAYS OF THE MONTH)
Exceptions to remember:
20
はつか
ha-tsu-ka
にち (日) (DATE/DAYS OF THE MONTH)
Exceptions to remember:
14
じゅうよっか
ju-u-
yo-k-ka
24
にじゅうよっか
ni-ju-u-
yo-k-ka
にち (日) (DATE/DAYS OF THE MONTH)
Exceptions to remember:
17
じゅうしちにち
ju-u-shi-chi
-ni-chi
27
にじゅうしちにち
ni-ju-u-
shi-chi-ni-chi
にち (日) (DATE/DAYS OF THE MONTH)
Exceptions to remember:
19
じゅうくにち
ju-u-ku-
ni-chi
29
にじゅうくにち
ni-ju-u-
ku-ni-chi
にち (日) (DATE/DAYS OF THE MONTH)
The rest of the days are expressed normally:
11
じゅういちにち
ju-u-i-chi-ni-chi
12 13 15 16 18
じゅうににち じゅうさんにち じゅうごにち じゅうろくにち じゅうはちにち
ju-u-ni-ni-chi ju-u-sa-n-n-chi ju-u-go-ni-chi ju-u-ro-ku-ni-chi ju-u-ha-chi-ni-chi
21 22 23 25
にじゅういちにち にじゅうににち にじゅうさんにち にじゅうにち
ni-ju-u-i-chi-ni-chi ni-ju-u-ni-ni-chi ni-ju-u-sa-n-ni-chi ni-ju-u-go-ni-chi
26 28 30 31
にじゅうろくにち にじゅうはちにち さんじゅうにち さんじゅういちにち
ni-ju-u-ro-ku-ni-chi ni-ju-u-ha-chi-ni-chi sa-n-ju-u-ni-chi sa-n-ju-u-i-chi-ni-chi
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