Note: like 火 and 水, 木 is pronounced “ ki” when used by itself but takes on the sound “ moku” when used here.Note: the kanji by itself is pronounced “ mizu“, but is pronounced “ sui” when used in conjunction with the 曜日 suffix.Note: 火 is usually pronounced as “ hi” but is pronounced as “ ka” when used in Tuesday.Also, it is common to see this word written without the 日 at the end, instead using 月曜. In this context, the word is pronounced as “ getsu” yet still means moon. “ Tsuki” means moon in a more literal sense.
Note: while they both use the same kanji, usually “ getsu” (and sometimes “ gatsu” ) means month, using “moon” as a period of time (e.g.Note: here, the first “ nichi” means sun while the one at the end is pronounced “ bi” and means day.Then it’s a matter of attaching the appropriate prefix to get the day you want. While in English, this is “_day”, in Japanese this is “_曜日ようび” (yōbi) which means “day of the week”. It’s also a great start to beginner kanji!įirst things first, what are the days of the week? Japanese is like English in that all the days end with the same suffix.
Knowing how to ask the day of the week or help somebody who’s forgotten can be very useful. Time marches on in Japan as it does in the rest of the world.