How to Say Dates and Times in Japanese 

How to Say Dates and Times in Japanese, Days of the Week and Expressing Time.

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When you are making plans, appointments, and travel arrangements in Japanese-speaking countries, you should know how to say dates in Japanese along with the other calendar terms.

days of week

english - japanese

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

getsuyôbi 

kayôbi 

suiyôbi 

mokuyôbi 

kinyôbi 

Saturday

doyôbi 

Sunday

nichiyôbi 

Yellow Star

Yesterday

kinō (kee-nohh) 

Today

kyō (kyohh) 

Tomorrow

ashita (ah-shee-tah) 

You should also know the other phrases that are used to indicate the days of the week.

What is today’s date?

Kyō wa nan-nichi desu ka?

Today is the 16th

Kyō wa jūroku-nichi desu.

What day is it today?

Kyō wa nanyōbi desu ka?

Other phrases that are used to indicate the days of the week.

Expressing Time :

Morning

Noon  

Afternoon 

Evening 

Night 

asa (ah-sah) 

hiru (hee-roo) 

gogo (goh-goh) 

ban (bahn) 

yoru (yoh-roo) 

When to tell time between the hours, you should know how to say time in Japanese by using these terms to break things down:

O’ clock

ji

Hour

jikan

Quarter hour

yíkèzhōng

Minute

fun

How do you write the date and time in Japanese?

 It should be in the order of year, month, and date where brackets and abbreviations come next to the date like (水) 

If it’s the 20th day you should use the word ‘二十日 (twenty day or twentieth day of a calendar month).

How do you say  20th day in Japanese? 

To simply mention time, say a number and then add kanji 時 dji for hour.  For 7 am/ 7 pm you can use 7時 or 七時. It is pronounced as shitchi-dji. 

How do you say  7 pm in Japanese? 

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How to Say Dates and Times in Japanese

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