Dates & Times Flashcards
Every day
Mainichi
Every week
Maishuu
Every month
Maitsuki
Every year
Mainen / maitoshi
Last week
Senshuu
Last month
Sengetsu
Last year*
Kyonen
Next week
Raishuu
Next month
Raigetsu
Next year
Rainen
Next Thursday
Raishuu no mokuyoubi
This week
Konshuu
This month
Kongetsu
Last night
Yuube or sakuban
ゆうべ | さくばん
Around 7o’clock
Shichiji goro
(Goro always comes after the time!)
Around/about (amounts, time duration)
Gurai
About how many minutes?
Nanpun gurai
なんぷんぐらい
About how many days?
Nannichi gurai
First day of the month
Tsuitachi
ついたち
2nd, 3rd, 4th day of the month
Futsuka, mikka, yokka
5th, 6th, 7th day of the month
Itsuka, muika, nanoka
8th, 9th, 10th, day of the month
youka, kokonoka, tooka
14th day of the month
Juuyokka
juうyoっか
20th day of the month
Hatsuka
はつか
20 years old
Hatachi
Days that are not 1-10, 14, and 20, and 24 end in ___
nichi
24th day of the month
にjuうyoっか
May 12th
ごがつjuうににち
August 18th
はちがつjuうはちにち
I was born on December 14th
juうにがつjuうyoっか ni umaremashita
How to say a year in Japanese
say the number & end with ‘nen’
2010 (the year)
にせんjuうねん
1987 (the year)
Senkyaku happyaku nanajuu nen
1991 (the year)
Senkyaku kyuu-hyaku kyuujuu-ichi nen
2026 (the year)
nisennijuuroku nen
May 12, 2000
にせんねんごがつju
うににち
Friday of next week
raishuu no kinyobi
October of last year
kyoねんのじゅうがつ
Numeric sizes (S) (M) (L)
Eso, Emu, Eru (eru no kora onegaishimasu)
Counter for general/abstract objects (How many?)
いくつ?
(This counter is very similar to days of the week eg kokonotsu) when in doubt, use this one
Counter for flat objects (How many?) (cards, plates, envelopes, clothing, plates, paper tickets)
なんまい?
(This counter is easy…number + mai)
Counter for round objects (How many?) (Fruit, balls, etc)
なんこ?
Counter for cylindrical items (How many?) (umbrellas, bottles, candles, pens)
なんぼん?
Five chairs, please
椅子を五つ、ください。
(isu o isutsu kudasai)
Two apples
りんごをにこ、ください。
Ringo o Niko kudasai
Seven bananas
バナナをななほん、ください。
Banana o nanaman kudasai
Particle used for time (in, on, at) / or (exact) location markers
Ni
AM vs PM
Gozen / Gogo
Half past the hour (eg 6:30)
Han (roku ji han)
We will return at 7:30pm
Gogo shichiji han ni kaerimasu.
From when?
Itsu kara
From what time?
Nanji Kara?
From Monday….
Getsuyoubi kara
From where?
Doko kara
From that place over there (distant)
Asoko kara
Until what time?
Nanji made?
Until 3 o clock
Sanji made
Until today
Kyou made
Until where?
Doko made?
Until 4pm
Yonji made
I”m going as far as Hokkaido
Hokkaido made ikimasu
From now (starting now) - 2 ways
Ima kara, Kore kara
Again later
またあとで
Mataa tode