Time & Days
Vocabulary Table
| Japanese | Romaji | English | Tips |
|---|---|---|---|
| きょう | kyou | Today | |
| あした | ashita | Tomorrow | |
| きのう | kinou | Yesterday | |
| こんしゅう | konshuu | This week | |
| らいしゅう | raishuu | Next week | |
| せんしゅう | senshuu | Last week | |
| げつようび | getsuyoubi | Monday | |
| かようび | kayoubi | Tuesday | |
| すいようび | suiyoubi | Wednesday | |
| もくようび | mokuyoubi | Thursday | |
| きんようび | kinyoubi | Friday | |
| どようび | doyoubi | Saturday | |
| にちようび | nichiyoubi | Sunday | |
| しゅうまつ | shuumatsu | Weekend | |
| せんしゅうまつ | senshuumatsu | Last Weekend | |
| こんげつ | kongetsu | This month | |
| らいげつ | raigetsu | Next month | |
| せんげつ | sengetsu | Last month | |
| ことし | kotoshi | This year | |
| せんねん | sennen | Last year | |
| らいねん | rainen | Next year | |
| ねんまつ | nenmatsu | End of the year | matsuri at the end of the year |
| いま | ima | Now | |
| あさ | asa | Morning | |
| けさ | kesa | This morning | |
| ひる | hiru | Midday (11AM - 2PM) | |
| よる | yoru | Night | |
| ゆうがた | yuugata | Early evening | wearing yukata in the early evening |
| こんや | konya | Tonight | |
| ばん | ban | Evening | Kon*ban*wa for good evening |
| あさって | asatte | Day after tomorrow | |
| おととい | ototoi | Day before yesterday | |
| まいにち | mainichi | Every day | |
| まいしゅう | maishuu | Every week | |
| まいつき | maitsuki | Every month | getsu - tsuki both have "tsu" and mean month |
| まいとし | maitoshi | Every year | Tu chies (toshi) une fois par an? |
| じかん | jikan | Time / A time | Works for "spending time" |
| ふん | fun | Minutes | |
| びょう | byou | Seconds | |
| しゅんかん | shunkan | Moment / Instant | j'ai passé un moment à chouiner |
| はん | han | Half past | |
| ごぜん | gozen | AM | |
| しょうご | shougo | Noon | high noon il fait shou + go |
| ごご | gogo | PM | |
| さきおととい | sakiototoi | Three days ago | |
| むかし | mukashi | Long time ago / the old days | It was difficult (muzukashi) back in the days |
| さいきん | saikin | Recently / Lately | |
| せんしゅうのどようび | senshuu no doyoubi | Last saturday | |
| たんじょうび | tanjōbi | Birthday | |
| こんにちでは | konnichi de wa | These days | |
| なんにちかん | nannichikan | How many days | |
| なんじかん | nanjikan | How many hours | |
| なんふかん | nanfunkan | How many minutes | |
| ぜんかい | zenkai | Last time | |
| じかい | jikai | Next time | |
| こんかい | konkai | This time | |
| ちゅう | chū | In the middle of | |
| すぐ | sugu | Soon | |
| しゅうかん | shūkan | Week | |
| おおみそか | ōmisoka | New year's eve |