Days and dates
School letters, appointments and rubbish days all come with dates. The first ten days of the month have their own words, like and , and a few months and days are said differently from what you'd expect. Tap to hear any line. The bar at the bottom plays a hands-free drill for walking.
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25 day and date words
Each card shows a day or date, how it's said, and a sentence you'd see in a school letter or say at home. Seven reuse words from Everyday Japanese 1.
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Dates and months
Dates 1 to 10, 14, 20 and 24 have their own readings. Everything else is number + にち. Months are number + がつ.
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- Days of the week. Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat · Sun, then . Calendars often show only the first kanji.
- Biggest first. Year, then month, then day: is 3 May.
- Two kinds of . is the 1st of the month. is "one day", a length of time.
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Four patterns to use today
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Say it in Japanese
Say each one out loud before you reveal the answer. Getting close counts.