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Let's learn how to read/write/say Days of the week and Months of the year in Japanese! For month, in Japanese, the word is a combination of "number + month". For example: January is Ichi-gatsu(いち ). Ichi(いちがつ) = 1, gatsu(がつ) = month. Year = nen ねん / 年 In Japanese Lesson 7, you will learn how to read/write/say numbers in Japanese. So, to read/write/say a certain year, just combine the year number in Japanese with Year (nen ねん / 年). For example: 2008 = nisen hachi nen にせんはちねん / 二千八年.
 Days(ようび / 日 of the week
Days of the week in Japanese.  | Monday Getsuyoubi げつようび 月曜日 |
|  | Tuesday Kayoubi かようび 火曜日 |
|  | Wednesday Suiyoubi すいようび 水曜日 |
|  | Thursday Mokuyoubi もくようび 木曜日 |
|  | Friday Kinyoubi きんようび 金曜日 |
|  | Saturday Doyoubi どようび 土曜日 |
|  | Sunday Nichiyoubi にちようび 日曜日 |
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This is how you ask which day it is of the week in Japanese: Winter-san: "なんようびですか？" / "何曜日ですか？" Winter-san: "Nanyoubi desu ka?" Winter-san: "What day of the week is it?"
 Month of the year
Months of the year in Japanese.  | January Ichigatsu いちがつ 一月 |
|  | February Nigatsu にがつ 二月 |
|  | March Sangatsu さんがつ 三月 |
|  | April Shigatsu しがつ 四月 |
|  | May Gogatsu ごがつ 五月 |
|  | June Rokugatsu ろくがつ 六月 |
|  | July Shichigatsu しちがつ 七月 |
|  | August Hachigatsu はちがつ 八月 |
|  | September Kugatsu くがつ 九月 |
|  | October Jyugatsu じゅがつ 十月 |
|  | November Jyuichigatsu じゅいちがつ 十一月 |
|  | December Jyunigatsu
じゅにがつ 十二月 |
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This is how you ask which month it is of the year in Japanese: Autumn-san: "なんがつですか？" / "何月ですか？" Autumn-san: "Nanygatsu desu ka?" Autumn-san: "What month of the year is it?"
Dates/Days of the Month The days of the month from 1st to 10th are listed in the table below: | 1st | ついたち / 一日 tsuitachi |
| | 2nd | ふつか / 二日 futsuka |
| | 3rd | みっか / 三日 mikka |
| | 4th | よっか / 四日 yokka |
| | 5th | いつか / 五日 itsuka |
| | 6th | むいか / 六日 muika |
| | 7th | なのか / 七日 nanoka |
| | 8th | ようか / 八日 youka |
| | 9th | ここのか / 九日 kokonoka |
| | 10th | とうか / 十日 touka |
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From 11th to 31st, the counter nichi (にち / 日) is used. For example, 11th = jyuuichi nichi (じゅういちにち / 十一日), 22nd = nijyuuni nichi (にじゅうににち / 二十二日), 31st = sanjyuuichi nichi (さんじゅういちにち / 三十一日). TAKE NOTE that for 14th = jyuuyokka (じゅうよっか / 十四日), 20th = hatsuka (はつか / 二十日), 24th = nijyuuyokka (にじゅうよっか / 二十四日), 17th = jyuushichi (じゅうしち / 十七), 27th = nijyuushichi nichi (にじゅうしちにち / 二十七日) This is how you ask which date it is of the month in Japanese: Summer-san: "なんにちですか？" / "何日ですか？" Summer-san: "Nan nichi desu ka?" Summer-san: "What day/date is it?"
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