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Learn Months (Day 25) – Japanese from 0 to 100

2026-05-04100-Day Kind Japanese ChallengeKind Japanese

🌏 Japanese from 0 to 100 — Day 25

Learn Months in Japanese (月)


🧠 What are Months?

Months are used in dates, schedules, and planning.

👉 Japanese months follow a simple pattern.


🔤 Today’s Words

Month

Japanese

Reading

January

一月

ichigatsu

February

二月

nigatsu

March

三月

sangatsu

April

四月

shigatsu

May

五月

gogatsu

June

六月

rokugatsu

July

七月

shichigatsu

August

八月

hachigatsu

September

九月

kugatsu

October

十月

juugatsu

November

十一月

juuichigatsu

December

十二月

juunigatsu

👉 Pattern: number + 月 (gatsu)


🔊 Pronunciation Tips

• April = shi-gatsu (not yon)
• July = shichi-gatsu (not nana)
• September = ku-gatsu

👉 Some months are exceptions


✍️ How to Use

👉 Examples:

• 一月 = January
• 七月 = July
• 十月 = October

👉 Used with dates


📝 Example Sentences

  • 一月です。 = It’s January.
  • 七月です。 = It’s July.

👉 Practice saying them


❌ Common Mistakes

• Saying yon-gatsu (wrong)
• Saying nana-gatsu (wrong)
• Forgetting “gatsu”

👉 Memorize exceptions


📚 Learn Faster

• Learn pattern first
• Focus on exceptions
• Repeat daily
• Say out loud

👉 Pattern + exceptions = easy


🎯 Practice

👉 一月 → 十二月
👉 ichigatsu → juunigatsu

Repeat at least 5 times


🧪 Mini Quiz

① Read

No.

Japanese

Answer

1

一月

?

2

四月

?

3

七月

?

4

九月

?

5

十二月

?


② Meaning

No.

Japanese

Answer

6

二月

?

7

三月

?

8

六月

?

9

八月

?

10

十月

?


③ Fill

No.

Month

Answer

11

January

?

12

April

?

13

July

?

14

September

?

15

December

?


📝 Answers

No.

Answer

1

ichigatsu

2

shigatsu

3

shichigatsu

4

kugatsu

5

juunigatsu

6

February

7

March

8

June

9

August

10

October

11

一月

12

四月

13

七月

14

九月

15

十二月


🚀 Next Step

👉 Day 26: Common Verbs