The counter is にち (日) and you can simply add the number of the day. There are a few exceptions that are marked in red that you should pay attention to. How to say Days of the Month Japanese. ついたち: 1st ふつか: 2nd みっか: 3rd よっか: 4th いつか: 5th むいか: 6th なのか: 7th ようか: 8th ここのか: 9th Day of the month: Kanji: Hiragana: Romaji: Meaning: 何日: なんにち: nannichi: What day: 1: 一日: ついたち: tsuitachi: 1st: 2: 二日: ふつか: futsuka: 2nd: 3: 三日: みっか: mikka: 3rd: 4: 四日: よっか: yokka: 4th: 5: 五日: いつか: itsuka: 5th: 6: 六日: むいか: muika: 6th: 7: 七日: なのか: nanoka: 7th: 8 Lastly, we have the days of the month from the 21st through the 31st. Japanese months follow the same calendar as the international standard, so not all months have 31 days, but knowing how to say the 31st in Japanese is valuable. Take a look at the following table for each name's breakdown. 1:30. Former President Donald Trump said he'd end tax exemptions for universities deemed to be left-leaning if voters return him to the White House, pointing to the uproar over campus In this blog, we will show you how to say the months and days of the week in Japanese. Let's begin. Days Of The Week In Japanese Monday - Getsu-youbi Tuesday - Ka-youbi Wednesday - Sui-youbi Thursday - Moku-youbi Friday - Kin-youbi Saturday - Do-youbi Sunday - Nichi-youbi Days In Japanese Yesterday in Japanese - Kinō Today in Japanese - Kyō Mnemonic to distinguish yōka and yokka: Eight days is longer than four days, and this uses a long vowel, whereas yokka (the fourth) uses a short vowel. 9: Kokonoka: ここのか: 九日: 10: Tōka: とおか: 十日: 11: Jūichi nichi: じゅういちにち: 十一日: 12: Jūni nichi: じゅうににち: 十二日: 13: Jūsan nichi: じゅう October is known as the month of the Sports Festival. The list goes on and on, but you get the idea. BTW, you can read about these different Japanese festivals with Beelinguapp while learning a new language. Get it now on Google Play or the App Store. The way the days of the week are written in Japanese is not as scary as Sadako. にちようび に かえります I will return on Sunday かえります = To return Months Months are somewhat simple compared to days for example. In Japanese the months are simply numbered. So January is いちがつ or the first month, February is にがつ or second month, etc. Days of the Month in Japanese The days of the month in Japanese are somewhat harder to remember. Months in Japanese is a little confusing. There are three ways to say month which are がつ Gatsu, つき Tsuki, and かげつ Kagetsu. The difference is as follows. がつ (月 in Kanji) Gatsu … for the name of each month (January, February, etc.) つき (月 in Kanji) Tsuki … for counting months with traditional Japanese numbers So basically the first 10 days of the month and the 20th of the month are exceptions. Other than the first of the month and the 20th the other 9 days are pretty close to the native Japanese numbers. Other than that dates ending in 4 are all similar to the 4th of the month, and there are two ways to say dates ending in a 7 or a 9. CCfFu.