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    The document provides information about the days of the week and months in Japanese. It lists the English and Japanese (romaji, hiragana, pronunciation) names for each day and month. It explains that the days of the week end in "youbi" meaning "day" and the first character represents the object the day is named after (e.g. Monday contains the character for moon). It also notes the kanji characters used for the numbers 1-10 and how 11 and 12 are constructed, and that the month names are the same in Japanese and Chinese but pronounced differently.

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    The document provides information about the days of the week and months in Japanese. It lists the English and Japanese (romaji, hiragana, pronunciation) names for each day and month. It explains that the days of the week end in "youbi" meaning "day" and the first character represents the object the day is named after (e.g. Monday contains the character for moon). It also notes the kanji characters used for the numbers 1-10 and how 11 and 12 are constructed, and that the month names are the same in Japanese and Chinese but pronounced differently.

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    Days of week/Months

    よび youbi / gatsu がつ
    Days of weeks(.よび youbi)
    English Romaji Hiragana Pronunciation

    Questioning Nanyoubi なんよび ‫ﻧﻦ ﯾﻮ ﺑﯽ‬


    Monday Getsuyoubii げつようび ‫ﮔﯿﺖ ﺳﻮ ﯾﻮ ﺑﯽ‬

    Tuesday Kayoubi かようび ‫ﮐﮭﺎ ﯾﻮ ﺑﯽ‬

    Wednesday Suiyoubi すいようび ‫ﺳﻮﺋﯽ ﯾﻮ ﺑﯽ‬

    Thursday Mokuyoubi もくようび ‫ﻣﻮکء ﯾﻮ ﺑﯽ‬

    Friday Kinyoubi きんようび ‫ﮐﯿﮟ ﯾﻮﺑﯽ‬

    Saturday Doyoubi どようび ‫دوﯾﻮﺑﯽ‬


    Sunday Nichiyoubi にちようび ‫ﻧﯽ ﭼﯽ ﯾﻮﺑﯽ‬
    Days of weeks
     These radicals are calked kanji (月), (火), (水), (木),
    (金), (土) and (日).
     Each day ends with the word 曜日 (youbi), which means "
    day of the week".
     The only difference lies in the first character.
    ① 月 (getsu) means moon, so Monday is the day of moon.
    ② 火 (ka) means fire, so Tuesday is the day of fire.
    ③ 水 (sui) means water, so Wednesday is the day of
    water.
    ④ 木 (moku) means wood, so Thursday is the day of wood.
    ⑤ 金 (kin) means gold, so Friday is the day of gold.
    ⑥ 土 (do) means earth, so Saturday is the day of earth.
    ⑦ 日 (nichi) means sun, so Sunday is the day of sun.
    Months. (gatsu がつ)
    English Romaji Hirgana Pronunciation
    Questioning Nangatsu なんがつ ‫ﻧﺎن ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮو‬

    January Ichigatsu いちがつ ‫ای ﭼﯽ ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮو‬

    February Nigatsu にがつ ‫ﻧﯽ ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮو‬

    March Sangatsu さんがつ ‫ﺳﺎم ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮو‬


    April Shigatsu しがつ ‫ﺷﯽ ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮو‬

    May Gogatsu ごがつ ‫ﮔﻮﮔﺎت ﺳﻮ‬

    June Rokugatsu ろくがつ ‫روﮐﺎو ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮ‬


    English Romaji Hiragna Pronunciation

    July Shichigatsu しちがつ ‫ﺷﯽ ﭼﯽ ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮ‬

    August Hachigatsu はちがつ ‫ﮨﺎ ﭼﯽ ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮ‬

    September Kugatsu くがつ ‫ﮐﻮ ﮔﺎر ﺳﻮ‬

    October Jugatsu じゅうがつ ‫ﭼﻮو ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮ‬

    November Juuichigatsu じゅういちがつ ‫ﭼﻮ ای ﭼﯽ ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮ‬

    December Juunigatsu じゅうにがつ ‫ﭼﻮ ﻧﯽ ﮔﺎت ﺳﻮ‬


    Months
    1. Kanji character for 1 to 10 一、二、三、四、五、
    六、七、八、九、十.
    2. 十一、十二 mean "eleven" and "twelve".
    Their literal meanings are "ten one" and "ten two". Both
    Japanese and Chinese contruct numbers this way.
    3. 月 means "month" here. It also has another meaning "
    moon".
    4. These names of the months are used both in Japanese
    and Chinese. But of course, the pronunciations are
    different.
    5. It is also acceptable to use numbers, e.g. 1月…１２月

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