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Japanese Symbols , otherwise known as Kanji symbols or characters, originated in China thousands of years ago. Although the Japanese language has fewer sounds than most other languages, it does have an extremely complex system of writing.
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today
今日(kyō )
yesterday
昨日(kinō )
tomorrow
明日(ashita )
this week
今週(konshū )
last week
先週(senshū )
next week
来週(raishū )
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 )
The 1st through the 10th of the month, and the 20th have unique names in Japanese.
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 )
Twentieth day of the month
20日 (hatsuka )
The other days of the month follow an orderly pattern, just add the suffix -nichi to the ordinal number.
MONTHS
Months are 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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Table of Contents
Home Page
Page 1 - Introduction / Grammar
Page 2 - Everyday Phrases / Problem Phrases
Page 3 - Telling Time - Days / Months
Page 4 - Writing Date / Time - Colors - Getting Around
Page 5 - Hotels / Inns - Money - Food
Page 6 - Bar / Shopping / Driving / Authority Phrases