Days of The Week From Sunday to Saturday

 

 

Days of the Month 

 

 

Months from January to December

 

Numbers	Japanese			English
	Romaji [Pronunciation]	Hiragana	Kanji
1	itigatu [ichigatsu]	いちがつ	一月	January
2	nigatu [nigatsu]	にがつ	二月	Febrary
3	sangatu [sangatsu]	さんがつ	三月	March
4	sigatu [sigatsu]	しがつ	四月	April
5	gogatu [gogatsu]	ごがつ	五月	May
6	rokugatu [rokugatsu]	ろくがつ	六月	June
7	sitigatu [sichigatsu]	しちがつ	七月	July
8	hatigatu [hachigatsu]	はちがつ	八月	August
9	kugatu [kugatsu]	くがつ	九月	September
10	zyuugatu [ju:gatsu]	じゅうがつ	十月	October
11	zyuuitigatu [ju:ichigatsu]	じゅういちがつ	十一月	November
12	zyuunigatu [ju:nigatsu]	じゅうにがつ	十二月	December

 

Last Month, This Month, Next Month

 

Months	Japanese Relative Months			English
	Romaji [Pronunciation]	Hiragana	Kanji
せんげつ	sengetsu [sengetu]	せんげつ	先月	Last Month
こんげつ	kongetsu [kongetu]	こんげつ	今月	This Month
らいげつ	raigetsu [raigetu]	らいげつ	来月	Next Month

 

 

Days	Japanese Relative Days			English
	Romaji [Pronunciation]	Hiragana	Kanji
おととい	ototoi [ototoi]	おととい	一昨日	the day before yesterday
きのう	kinou [kinou]	きのう	昨日	yesterday
きょう	kyou [kjou]	きょう	今日	today
あす	asu [asu]	あす	明日	tomorrow
あさって	assatte [assatte]	あっさって	明後日	the day after tomorrow

 

Japanese  Relative Weeks			English
Romaji [Pronunciation]	Hiragana	Kanji
senshu [senshu]	せんしゅう	先週	last week
konshu [konshu]	こんしゅう	今週	this week
raishu [raishu]	らいしゅう	来週	next week

 

 

Japanese  Relative Year			English
Romaji [Pronunciation]	Hiragana	Kanji
kyonen [kyonen]	きょうねん	享年	last year
kotoshi [kotoshi]	ことし	今年	this year
rainen [rainen]	らいねん	来年	next year

 

Sample usage of Japanese Date

In Japanese dates, the month comes first, and then the day. If the year is included, it comes at the beginning. A Japanese date of Monday, January 15, 2007 may look like any of the following: (Note that the first symbol of the day of the week is sometimes included in parentheses-- in this case 火 for 火曜日.)

1月15日
1月15日(火)
2007年1月15日(火)
2003.1.15
1/15 (火)