Monday to Sunday in Japanese Language

How do we say the Days of the week in Japanese language

If you are travelling in Japan and someone actually asks you in Japanese “what day is it today?” you have got to recognize how to communicate the days of the full week in Japanese simply. What if somebody asks “when am I going to meet you next?” You’ll want to write the time in Japanese perhaps. Use our day terms in Japanese down below to find out the full week days in Japanese. Learn More

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Telling the Days of The Week in Japanese

today	今日(kyō)
yesterday	昨日(kinō)
tomorrow	明日(ashita)
tomorrow (formal)	明日(asu)
this week	今週(konshū)
last week	先週(senshū)
next week	来週(raishū)
The days of the week are named after the sun, the moon and the five elements of Chinese philosophy.
Sunday	日曜日 (nichiyōbi)
Monday	月曜日 (getsuyōbi)
Tuesday	火曜日 (kayōbi)
Wednesday	水曜日 (suiyōbi)
Thursday	木曜日 (mokuyōbi)
Friday	金曜日 (kin'yōbi)
Saturday	土曜日 (doyōbi)

Months in Japanese Language

The 1st through the 10th of the month have special names:
First day of the month	1日 (tsuitachi)
Second day of the month	2日 (futsuka)
Third day of the month	3日 (mikka)
Fourth day of the month	4日 (yokka)
Fifth day of the month	5日 (itsuka)
Sixth day of the month	6日 (muika)
Seventh day of the month	7日 (nanoka)
Eighth day of the month	8日 (yōka)
Ninth day of the month	9日 (kokonoka)
Tenth day of the month	10日 (tōka)
The other days of the month are more orderly, just add the suffix -nichi to the ordinal number. Note that 14, 20, and 24 deviate from this pattern.
Eleventh day of the month	11日 (jūichinichi)
Fourteenth day of the month	14日 (jūyokka)
Twentieth day of the month	20日 (hatsuka)
Twenty-fourth day of the month	24日 (nijūyokka)
Months are very orderly in Japanese, just add the suffix -gatsu to the ordinal number.
January	1月 (ichigatsu)
February	2月 (nigatsu)
March	3月 (sangatsu)
April	4月 (shigatsu)
May	5月 (gogatsu)
June	6月 (rokugatsu)
July	7月 (shichigatsu)
August	8月 (hachigatsu)
September	9月 (kugatsu)
October	10月 (jūgatsu)
November	11月 (jūichigatsu)
December	12月 (jūnigatsu)

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