Japanese days of the week have different meanings from what we are familiar with here in the West. In Nihongo, the days have a cosmological and elemental correspondence as you can see below.
DAYS OF THE WEEK:
- Sunday – Nichi-yobi, meaning day of the sun.
- Monday – Getsu-yobi, meaning day of the moon.
- Tuesday - Ka-yobi, meaning day of fire.
- Wednesday - Sui-yobi, menaing day of water.
- Thursday: Moku-yobi, meaning day of wood.
- Friday – Kin-yobi, menaing day of gold.
- Saturday – Dou-yobi, meaning the day of earth.
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DAYS OF THE MONTH:
- 1ST – tsuitachi.
- 2ND – futsuk.
- 3RD – mikka.
- 4TH – yokka.
- 5TH – itsuka.
- 6TH – muika.
- 7TH – nanoka.
- 8TH – yoka.
- 9TH – kokonoka.
- 10TH - toka.
- 11TH – juichi-nichi.
- 12TH – juni-nichi.
- 13TH – jusan-nichi.
- 14TH – juyokka.
- 15TH – jugo-nichi.
- 16TH – juroku-nichi.
- 17TH – jushichi-nichi.
- 18TH – juhachi-nichi.
- 19TH – juku-nichi.
- 20TH – hatsuka.
- 21ST – nijuichi-nichi
- 22ND – nijuni-nichi.
- 23RD – nijusan-nichi.
- 24TH – nijuyokka.
- 25TH – nijugo-nichi.
- 26TH – nijuroku-nichi.
- 27TH – nijushichi-nichi.
- 28TH – nijuhachi-nichi.
- 29TH – nijuku-nichi.
- 30TH – sanju-nichi.
- 31ST – sanjuichi-nichi.
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MONTHS OF THE YEAR:
- January – ichi-gatsu.
- February – ni-gatsu.
- March – san-gatsu.
- April – shi-gatsu.
- May – go-gatsu.
- June – roku-gatsu.
- July – shichi-gatsu.
- August – hachi-gatsu.
- Septmember – ku-gatsu.
- October – ju-gatsu.
- November – juichi-gatsu.
- December – juni-gatsu.
