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• Months

Japanese Months

The name of each month of the year is quite similar to months in Chinese language but the name of the months in Japanese language have a history about where they come. The next vocabulary list is going to help you to learn about months, which is very useful when one wants to give a date. Every month of the year is in kanji, hiragana or katakana and romaji.

Months in Japanese

Month - (月) - (がつ) - (Gatsu)

English	Kanji	Hiragana/ Katakana	Romaji
January	一月	いちがつ	Ichigatsu
February	二月	にがつ	Nigatsu
March	三月	さんがつ	Sangatsu
April	四月	しがつ	Shigatsu
May	五月	ごがつ	Gogatsu
June	六月	ろくがつ	Rokugatsu
July	七月	しちがつ	Shichigatsu
August	八月	はちがつ	Hachigatsu
September	九月	くがつ	Kugatsu
October	十月	じゅうがつ	Jūgatsu
November	十一月	じゅういちがつ	Jūichigatsu
December	十二月	じゅうにがつ	Jūnigatsu

Examples:

• She is going to go to Japanese in June.


• 彼女は六月に日本に行くつもりです.


• Kanojo wa rokugatsu ni Nippon ni iku tsumoridesu.



• Bill was born in May.


• 法案は、五月に生まれた.


• Hōan wa, gogatsu ni umareta.



• The main holiday in the USA is in July.


• 米国での主な祝日は七月には.


• Beikoku de no omona shukujitsu wa shichigatsu ni wa.



• Jenny's birthday is not in December.


• ジェニーの誕生日は十二月には


• Jenī no tanjō-bi wa jūnigatsu ni wa.

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