Days of the Week

DAYS OF THE WEEK IN JAPANESE:

• 日曜日 - Sunday (See 日)
• 月曜日 - Monday (See 月)
• 火曜日 - Tuesday (See 火)
• 水曜日 - Wednesday (See 水)
• 木曜日 - Thursday (See 木)
• 金曜日 - Friday (See 金)
• 土曜日 - Saturday (See 土)

NOTE: All of the days have a 曜日.

When listing a series of days ( Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... ) Japanese usually drops the 曜日 ( 月, 火, 水 getsu, ka, sui... )

THE KANJI - each kanji has several pronunciations and sometimes several meanings. Let's look at the meanings of the Days of the Week kanji:

• 日 nichi, hi, jitsu [day, sun]
  EXAMPLES: 朝日 asa hi - morning sun; 本日 hon jitsu -today (used in formal occasions)
• 月 getsu, gatsu, tsuki [month, moon]
  EXAMPLES: 来月 rai getsu - next month; 一月 ichi gatsu - January (lit. first month)
• 火 ka, hi, bi [fire]
  EXAMPLES: 火事 kaji - a fire; 花火 hanabi - fireworks
• 水 sui, mizu [water]
  EXAMPLES: 水 mizu - water
• 木 moku, boku, ki [tree, wood]
  EXAMPLES: 木 ki - a tree
• 金 kin, kane [gold, money]
  EXAMPLES: お金 okane - money
• 土 do, to, tsuchi [earth, soil]
  EXAMPLES: 土地 tochi - the ground, land