Numbers etc

Numbers

1. – ichi
2. – ni
3. – san
4. – shi (yon)
5. – go
6. – roku
7. – shichi (nana)
8. – hachi
9. – ku (kyū)
10. – jū

Months

1. January – ichi gatsu
2. February – ni gatsu
3. March – san gatsu
4. April – shi gatsu
5. May – go gatsu
6. June – roku gatsu
7. July – shichi gatsu
8. August – hachi gatsu
9. September – ku gatsu
10. October – jū gatsu
11. November – jū ichi gatsu
12. December – jū ni gatsu

Months for the Lunar Calendar (New!)

1. January -  Mutsuki
2. February- Kisaragi
3. March – Yayoi
4. April – Uzuki
5. May – Satsuki or Satsuki
6. June – Minazuki
7. July – Fumizuki
8. August – Hazuki
9. September – Nagatsuki
10. October – Kannazuki
11. November – Simotsuki
12. December – Shiwasu

The Days of the Week

• Sunday – nichi yō bi
• Monday – getsu yō bi
• Tuesday – ka yō bi
• Wednesday – sui yō bi
• Thursday – moku yō bi
• Friday – kin yō bi
• Saturday – do yō bi

* We haven’t put yō to this blog yet. The links will be updated in the future.

For calendars, we use the first characters as follows.

• Sun – nichi
• Mon – getsu
• Tues – ka
• Wed – sui
• Thu – moku
• Fri – kin
• Sat – do