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Month, Date, Time, Week

Gatsu = month

ima wa nan gatsu desu ka./kyo gatsu wa nani desu ka. = what month is it now?

ichi gatsu = January

ni gatsu = Febuary

san gatsu = March

yon gatsu = April

go gatsu = May

roku gatsu = June

shichi gatsu = July

hachi gatsu = August

ku gatsu = September

juu gatsu = October

juuichi gatsu = November

juuni gatsu = December

Nichi - Day

ima nan nichi desu ka. kyo wa nan nichi desu ka./what is today's date?

tsuitachi - 1st

futsuka - 2nd

mikka - 3rd

yokka - 4th

itsuka - 5th

muika - 6th

nanoka - 7th

yoka - 8th

kokonoka - 9th

tooka - 10th

juuichi nichi - 11th

juuni nichi - 12th

juusan nichi - 13th

juuyokka - 14th

juugo nichi - 15th

juuroku nichi - 16th

juushichi nichi - 17th

juuhachi nichi - 18th

juuku nichi - 19th

hatsuka - 20th

nijuuichi nichi - 21st

nijuuni nichi - 22nd

nijuusan nichi - 23rd

nijuuyokka - 24th

nijuugo nichi - 25th

nijuuroku nichi - 26th

nijuushichi nichi - 27th

nijuuhachi nichi - 28th

nijuuku nichi - 29th

sanjuu nichi - 30th

sanjuuichi nichi - 31st

Ji - time

ima nan ji desu ka./ what is the time?

gozen = am

gogo = pm

ima gogo ichi ji desu. = right now is 1pm.

han = 30

ex. ima ichi ji han desu. = right now is 1:30.

ichi ji - 1 oclock

ni ji - 2 oclock

san ji - 3 oclock

yon ji - 4 oclock

go ji - 5 oclock

roku ji  - 6 oclock

shichi ji - 7 oclock

hachi ji - 8 oclock

ku ji - 9 oclock

ju ji - 10 oclock

juuichi ji - 11 oclock

juuni ji - 12 oclock

yoobi - week

nan yobi desu ka./ what day of the week?

nichi yoobi = sunday

getsu yoobi = monday

ka yoobi = tuesday

sui yoobi = wednesday

moku yoobi = thursday

kin yoobi = friday

do yoobi = saturday