Dates, Days, and Months

Understand and use months, days of the week, and calendar dates in common daily situations.

Recognize and say the twelve months and seven days of the week.Read common calendar dates and simple event schedules.Ask and answer when something happens using date vocabulary.

Guided study

Months and Days of the Week

Months in Japanese are regular and easy to form: 一月, 二月, 三月, and so on. Days of the week are fixed patterns that appear in calendars, class schedules, and appointments.

会議は四月にあります。

The meeting is in April.

Month words use number + 月.

テストは火曜日にあります。

The test is on Tuesday.

Day-of-week words often mark when an event happens.

日本語のクラスは金曜日にあります。

Japanese class is on Friday.

Class schedules often use weekday + に.

Practice guides for this lesson

Use these hub pages to connect this lesson with related reading practice and grammar paths.

N5 Japanese grammar lessons

Use the N5 Japanese grammar lessons guide to connect this lesson with related reading practice.

Open guide

Japanese grammar practice

Use the Japanese grammar practice guide to connect this lesson with related reading practice.

Open guide

Japanese grammar lessons

Use the Japanese grammar lessons guide to connect this lesson with related reading practice.

Open guide