VOCABULARY LISTS
DAYS OF THE WEEK
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DAYS OF THE WEEK:
- 日曜日 nichi
youbi - Sunday
- 月曜日 getsu
youbi - Monday
- 火曜日 ka
youbi - Tuesday
- 水曜日 sui
youbi - Wednesday
- 木曜日 moku
youbi - Thursday
- 金曜日 kin
youbi - Friday
- 土曜日 do
youbi - Saturday
NOTE:
All of the days have a 曜日 youbi.
When
listing a series of days (monday, tuesday, wednesday...) Japanese usually drops
the 曜日 youbi (月, 火, 水 getsu, ka, sui...)
THE
KANJI - each kanji has several pronunciations and sometimes
several meanings. Let's look at the meanings of the Days of the
Week kanji:
- 日 nichi, hi, jitsu [day, sun]
EXAMPLES: 朝日 asa hi - morning sun; 本日 hon jitsu -today (used in formal occations)
- 月 getsu, gatsu, tsuki [month, moon]
EXAMPLES: 来月
rai gatsu -
next month; 一月 ichi
gatsu - January (lit.
first month)
- 火 ka, hi, bi [fire]
EXAMPLES: 火事
kaji - a fire; 花火
hanabi - fireworks
- 水 sui, mizu [water]
EXAMPLES: 水
mizu - water
- 木 moku, boku, ki [tree, wood]
EXAMPLES: 木 ki - a tree
- 金 kin, kane [gold, money]
EXAMPLES: お金
okane -
money
- 土 do, to, tsuchi [earth, soil]
EXAMPLES: 土地 tochi - the ground, land
