JP Calendar Flashcards
What is the suffix for month?
Gatsu
Ex: Shigatsu (4th month=April)
Enumerate all 12 months
Ichigatsu
Nigatsu
Sangatsu
Shigatsu
Gogatsu
Rokugatsu
Shichigatsu
Hachigatsu
Kugatsu
Juugatsu
Juuichigatsu
Juunigatsu
Enumerate all 7 days of the week
Nichiyoubi=Sunday (Nichi means Sun)
Getsuyoubi=Monday (Getsu means Moon)
Kayoubi=Tuesday (Ka meaning Fire)
Suiyoubi=Wednesday (Sui meaning Water)
Mokuyoubi=Thursday (Moku meaning Tree)
Kinyoubi=Friday (Kin means Gold)
Doyoubi=Saturday (Do means Earth)
What is the suffix for day?
Nichi
Ex: Juuichi Nichi (11th day)
Reminder that the 1st 10 days of the month have unique names
What are the first 10 days of a month?
- Tsuitachi
- Futsuka
- Mikka
- Yokka
- Itsuka
- Muika
- Nanoka
- Youka
- Kokonoka
- Tooka
The 4, 14, 24th days all end in yokka and not nichi
Yokka, Juyokka, Nijuuyokka
If the 20th birthday is Hatachi, what is the 20th day?
Hatsuka
Tsuitachi only means?
First day of the month
so if you want to say 1 day then its Ichinichi
What is the suffix for year in terms of the date?
Nen
Ex: Nisen Nijuu Yon Nen (2024)
What is “年”
Year
What is “月”
Month
What is “日”
Date
What is kagetsu?
Refers to the suffix for counter of months
How do you count the months from 1-11?
Ikkagetsu
Nikagetsu
Sankagetsu
Yonkagetsu
Gokagetsu
Rokkagetsu
Nanakagetsu
Hakkagetsu
Kyuukagetsu
Jukagetsu
Juuikkagetsu