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Days of The Week From Sunday to Saturday

DAY	HIRAGANA	PRONUNCIATION	KANJI
Sunday		Nichi-Youbi
Monday		Getsu-Youbi
Tuesday		Ka-Youbi
Wednesday		Sui-Youbi
Thursday		Moku-Youbi
Friday		Kin-Youbi
Saturday		Do-Youbi

Days of the Month

NUMBERS	ROMANJI [PRONUNCIATION	KANJI	ENGLISH
1	tsuitachi [tsuitachi]	1	First
2	futsuka [futsuka]	2	Second
3	mikka [mikka]	3	Third
4	yokka [yokka]	4	Fourth
5	ituka [itsuka]	5	Fifth
6	muika [muika]	6	Sixth
7	nanoka [nanoka]	7	Seventh
8	youka [yo:ka]	8	Eighth
9	kokonoka [kokonoka]	9	Nineth
10	touka [to:ka]	10	Tenth
11	juuichinichi [ju:ichinichi]	11	Eleventh
14	juuyokka [ju:yokka]	14	Fourteenth
20	hatsuka [hatsuka]	20	Twentyth
24	nijuuyokka [niju:yokka]	24	Twenty fourth
31	sanjuuichinichi [sanju:ichinichi]	31	Thirty first

Months from January to December

Numbers	Japanese			English
Numbers	Romaji [Pronunciation]	Hiragana	Kanji	English
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
Months	Romaji [Pronunciation]	Hiragana	Kanji	English
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
Days	Romaji [Pronunciation]	Hiragana	Kanji	English
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	asatte [asatte]	あっさって	明後日	the day after tomorrow

Japanese Relative Weeks			English
Romaji [Pronunciation]	Hiragana	Kanji	English
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	English
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)

anonpomous - November 7, 2008, 2:33 pm
This is a very good site. I'm learning japanese this year and i can use this to work ahead!
noname - January 6, 2009, 11:33 am
hirigana for tuesday is wrong. good website.
Martin Zamora - March 12, 2009, 12:51 pm
Great job.. guys.. consider that
some of the "Days of the Month" Romaji [Pronunciation] should be check.. ie: "tuitati" should be "tsuitachi"
Sarathy - March 19, 2009, 8:20 am
Mistakes in Days of The Week From Sunday to Saturday". Tuesday is かようび。
Sarathy - March 19, 2009, 8:20 am
Mistakes in Days of The Week From Sunday to Saturday". Tuesday is かようび。
CP - March 30, 2009, 1:08 pm
tu is acually tsu above. It is not pronounced tu (two or to)...;