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Date (hizuke)

How to Read Dates in Japanese

Day of the week | Day of the month | Month | Year | Duration

Past Present Future | Special Days | Related Phrases

Day of the Week [ybi]

[Japanese] [Reading] [English] getsuybi Monday kaybi Tuesday suiybi Wednesday mokuybi Thursday kinybi Friday doybi Saturday nichiybi Sunday nanybi Which day of the week?

The last syllable [bi] is sometimes omitted in daily conversation. For example, [getsuy], [kay], [suiy]...

Day of the Month [hi]

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ni-jichi-nichi th san-j-nichi th nan-nichi Which day?

See Numbers page to learn how to read numbers.Add [nichi] after numbers. Irregular readings are colored in red.In general, Arabic number is used more often than the kanji numbers.

Month [tsuki]

[] [ ] [] ichi-gatsu January ni-gatsu February san-gatsu March shi-gatsu April go-gatsu May roku-gatsu June shichi-gatsu July hachi-gatsu August ku-gatsu September j-gatsu October jichi-gatsu November jni-gatsu December nan-gatsu Which month?

Add [gatsu] after numbers. Irregular readings are colored in red.

Year [nen]

nisenyo-nen year 2004 seireki gohyaku-nen 500 A.D. kigenzen yonj-nen 40 B.C. heisei nij-nen the 20th year of Heisei heisei gan-nen the 1st year of Heisei nan-nen What year?

Add [nen] after numbers.Western calendar is called [seireki]. But it's usually omitted.There is a Japanese system of counting era. The present era is called Heisei, and the last one is Shwa. The nextera begins at the coronation of the new emperor.Year 2010 is the 22nd year of Heisei.Both western and the Japanese one are used in daily life. Easy way to convert is to add/subtract 12 years.

Examples

hachi-gatsu jroku-nichi 16th August nisen-nen go-gatsu muika 6th May 2000 shichi-gatsu nijshichi-nichi getsuybi Monday 27th July

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Duration [kikan]

( ichi-nichi 1 day( futsukakan 2 days( jni-nichikan 12 days nan-nichikan ?( isshkan 1 week( hasshkan 8 weeks( jusshkan 10 weeks nan-shkan ?( ikkagetsukan 1 month( rokkagetsukan 6 months( jukkagetsukan 10 months nan-kagetsukan ?( ichi-nenkan 1 year( yo-nenkan 4 years( han-toshikan half year nan-nenkan ?

For days, add after the day of the month. But 1 day is [ichi nichi] not [tsuitachi kan].For weeks, add [shkan] after the numbers.For months, add [kagetsukan] after the numbers. Other spellings - and are also commonly used.For years, add [nenkan] after the numbers. [Kan] can be omitted in daily conversation (except for weeks).

Past, Present, Future

Day

( ototoi (issakujitsu) the day before yesterday( kin (sakujitsu) yesterday( ky (honjitsu) today( ashita (asu) tomorrow( asatte (mygonichi) the day after tomorrow

Words in parentheses are used at the formal situations.For example, [ky] is widely used in daily conversation, and [honjitsu] is used at the official speeches ordocuments.

Week

sensensh the week before last sensh last week konsh this week raish next week saraish the week after next

Month

sensengetsu the month before last sengetsu last month kongetsu this month

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raigetsu next month saraigetsu the month after next

Year

( ototoshi (issakunen) the year before last

( kyonen (sakunen) last year( kotoshi (honnen) this year rainen next year sarainen the year after next

Every...

mainichi every day maish every week maitsuki every month maitoshi every year

Special Days

tanjbi birthday ganjitsu new year's day misoka new year's eve

Related Phrases

on, in

doybi ni on Saturday5 gogatsu ni in May

around

2 gatsu 15 nichi goro ni on around 15th Feb.

just

chodo ni nenkan just 2 years

about

2 yaku 2 shkan about 2 weeks

before

futsuka mae 2 days ago

after

3 kagetsu go after 3 months

which day of the week?

ky wa, nan ybi desuka? Which day of the week today?

how long?

donokurai kakarimasuka? How long does it take?

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