Months
Learning months in Japanese is as easy as counting 1 to 12. All you need to do is add "gatsu" to each number.
| Month | Kanji | Hiragana | Romaji |
| January | 一月 | いちがつ | Ichi-gatsu |
| February |
二月 |
にがつ | Ni-gatsu |
| March | 三月 | さんがつ | San-gatsu |
| April | 四月 |
しがつ |
Shi-gatsu |
| May | 五月 | ごがつ | Go-gatsu |
| June | 六月 | ろくがつ | Roku-gatsu |
| July | 七月 | しちがつ | Nana , Shichi-gatsu |
| August | 八月 | はちがつ | Hachi-gatsu |
| September | 九月 | くがつ | Ku-gatsu |
| October | 十月 | じゅうがつ | Jyuu-gatsu |
| November | 十一月 | じゅういちがつ | Jyuuichi-gatsu |
| December | 十二月 | じゅうにがつ | Jyuuni-gatsu |
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月 がつ げつ つき Gatsu and getsu and tsuki all mean "month", but are used differently. Gatsu As you have just learned, gatsu is used to state the months of the year. Getsu Getsu is used as the general term for "month" as in "this month", "next month" etc. It is also used to express periods of time . For example, 3 months in Japanese is "Sanka getsu" 三ヶ月. Getsu also means moon. "Mangetsu" is full moon. Tsuki Tsuki is the common term for moon. It is used also to mean month. For example, "maitsuki" means "every month". |
Reading Practice with Months
| 今月試験があります | こんげつしけんがあります | I have a test this month |
| また来月 | またらいげつ | See you next month |
| 先月京都に行ってきた | せんげつきょうとにいってきた | Last month I went to Kyoto |
| 何ヶ月間日本にいますか | なんかげつかんにほんにいますか | How many months are you in Japan for? |
| 毎月ゴルフします | まいつきゴルフします | I play golf every month. |
| 正月は自家に帰りますか | しょうがつはじっかにかえりますか | Are you going to your family home for the New Year? |
| もうそろそろ十二月になる | もうそろそろじゅうにがつになる | It will be December soon |
| ほら 見て 月がきれい | ほら みて つきがきれい | Look. The moon looks beautiful |
| 何月生まれですか | なんがつうまれですか | What month were you born in? |
| 月々１０万円支払います | つきづきじゅうまんえんしはらいます | Ｉ pay 100,000 Yen each month. |
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