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This is a list of time related words in Japanese. This includes days, months, seasons. Very helpful basic vocabulary for anyone. Let's start with days!
| Days: 日 nichi |
Monday: 月曜日 getsuyoubi |
Tuesday: 火曜日 kayoubi |
Wednesday: 水曜日 suiyoubi |
| Thursday: 木曜日 mokuyoubi |
Friday: 金曜日 kinyoubi |
Saturday: 土曜日 doyoubi |
Sunday: 日曜日 nichiyoubi |
Now we move on to the 12 months of the year. What fun!
| January: 一月 or １月 Ichi-gatsu |
February: 二月 or ２月 Ni-gatsu |
March: 三月 or ３月 San-gatsu |
April: 四月 or ４月 Si-gatsu |
| May: 五月 or ５月 Go-gatsu |
June: 六月 or ６月 Roku-gatsu |
July: 七月 or ７月 Sichi-gatsu |
August: 八月 or ８月 Hachi-gatsu |
| September: 九月 or ９月 Ku-gatsu |
October: 十月 or １０月 Juu-gatsu |
November: 十一月 or １１月 Juu-ichi-gatsu |
December: 十二月 or １２月 Juu-ni-gatsu |
Now let's learn about the seasons, hour, minutes and second...
| Autumn: 秋 aki |
Winter: 冬 fuyu |
Spring: 春 haru |
Summer: 夏 natsu |
| Seasons: 季節 kisetu |
Months: 月 Tsuki |
Time: 時 toki |
Hour: 時間 jikan |
| Minute: 分 bun |
Second: 秒 byou |
Finally we get to the senences section. This is where you will see some of the above time related words used in a common phrase.
| Yesterday was Sunday: 昨日は日曜日でした Kinoo wa nichiyoubi desita |
Today is Monday: 今日は月曜日です Kyou wa getsuyoubi desu |
| See you tomorrow!: 明日会いましょう！ Ashita ai mashoo! |
I will visit you in August: 私は８月にあなたを訪問します Watashi wa hachigatsu ni houmonn shimasu |
| Winter is very cold here: ここの冬は大変寒いです Koko no fuyu wa taihen samui desu |
I was born in July: 私は７月生まれです Watashi wa hichigatsu umare desu |
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