Lesson 7.1
会話 Dialogue 1 
きょう なんにち
Michael：今日は何日ですか。Kyou wa nan-nichi desu ka.
What date is it today?
ようか
Honda：ええっと、 八日じゃないですか。Eetto, youka ja nai desu ka.
Umm, isn’t it the 8th?
いっしゅうかん
Michael：じゃ、締め切りまであと一週間ですね。
Ja, shimekiri made ato is-shuukan desu ne.
Then, it’s one week left until the deadline, right?
Honda： ええ、がんばりましょう。Ee, ganbarimashou.
いっしょうけんめい
Michael：はい、一生懸命、がんばります。Hai, isshoukenmei ganbarimasu.
Yes, I’ll go all out and do my best.
単語 Vocabulary
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Romanized Japanese |
Hiragana |
Other Japanese scripts |
English |
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nan-nichi |
なんにち |
何日 |
what date? See 7-1-1 |
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youka |
ようか |
八日 |
8th (of the month) See 7-1-1 |
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shimekiri |
しめきり |
締め切り |
deadline |
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ato |
あと |
後 |
remaining, left (with a quantity) |
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~shuukan |
〜しゅうかん |
週間 |
number of weeks See 7-1-2 |
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is-shuukan |
いっしゅうかん |
一週間 |
one week |
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isshoukenmei |
いっしょうけんめい |
一生懸命 |
go all out, with utmost effort |
文法 Grammar Notes
7-1-1 Calendar time: Counting and Naming Dates
かにち
The classifier for both naming and counting days is: ka 日or nichi 日. When
naming the days of the month, you only go up to the 31st, but when counting days you can go a lot higher. So, 50 nichi can only mean ‘fifty days’ while tooka can mean ‘the tenth of the month’ or ‘ten days.’ Please note the following:
- the first day of the month is tsuitachi (naming) while one day is ichi-nichi (counting).
- The Japanese number series with the classifier 〜ka is used up through ten, and then the Chinese number series with 〜nichi is used for the rest.
- two exceptions: hatsuka ‘the 20th’ or ‘twenty days’ and combinations ending with 4 such as juuyok-ka andnijuuyok-ka.
- Nan-nichi asks what date? or how many days? Please distinguish between ‘what day of the month’ nan-nichi and ‘what day of the week’ nan-youbi.
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にち 日 |
げつ 月 |
か 火 |
すい 水 |
もく 木 |
きん 金 |
ど 土 |
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１ ついたち |
２ ふつか |
３ みっか |
４ よっか |
５ いつか |
６ むいか |
７ なのか |
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８ ようか |
９ ここのか |
１０ とおか |
１１ じゅういちにち |
１２ じゅうににち |
１３ じゅうさんにち |
１４ じゅうよっか |
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１５ じゅうごにち |
１６ じゅろくにち |
１７ じゅうしちにち |
１８ じゅうはちにち |
１９ じゅうくにち |
２０ はつか |
２１ にじゅういちにち |
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２２ にじゅうににち |
２３ にじゅうさんにち |
２４ にじゅうよっか |
２５ にじゅうごにち |
２６ にじゅうろくにち |
２７ にじゅうしちにち |
２８ にじゅうはちにち |
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２９ にじゅうくにち |
３０ さんじゅうにち |
３１ さんじゅういちにち |
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7-1-2 Counting Weeks
しゅうかん
The classifier for counting weeks is ~shuukan 週間. There is no naming
classifier for weeks.Note the sound change (s ss) with 1, 8 and 10.
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Romanized Japanese |
Japanese scripts |
English |
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is-shuukan |
いっしゅうかん |
one week |
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ni-shuukan |
にしゅうかん 二週間 |
two weeks |
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san-shuukan |
さんしゅうかん |
three weeks |
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yon-shuukan |
よんしゅうかん |
four weeks |
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go-shuukan |
ごしゅうかん |
five weeks |
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roku-shuukan |
ろくしゅうかん |
six weeks |
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nana-shuukan |
ななしゅうかん
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seven weeks |
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has-shuukan |
はっしゅうかん 八週間 |
eight weeks |
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kyuu-shuukan |
きゅうしゅうかん 九週間 |
nine weeks |
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jus-shuukan |
じゅっしゅうかん 十週間 |
ten weeks |
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nan-shuukan |
なんしゅうかん 何週間 |
How many weeks? |
Drills and Exercises 
A.
Cue: 一日ですか。Is it the first (day of the month)?
Response:いえ、二日です。No, it’s the second.
Cue: 十五日ですか。Is it the fifteenth?
Response:いえ、十六日です。No, it’s the sixteenth.
B.
Cue: 後一時間ですね。There is one more hour left, right?
Response: はい、もう一時間がんばりましょう．
Yes, let’s work hard for one more hour.
Cue: 後、一週間ですね。There is one more week left, right?
Response:はい、もう一週間、がんばりましょう。
Yes, let’s work hard for one more week.
C.
Say it in Japanese.
You’ve been asked when the exam is scheduled.
D.
Act in Japanese.
- Find out what day of the month it is today.
- Your parking time is going to expire soon. Find out how many minutes are left.
- Find out a) how many days, b) how many weeks are left before the deadline.
- Your group is going to make an important presentation. Urge everyone to do his or her best.
- You’ve been wished good luck. Respond.
