Japanese Days of the Week, Months, and Date Formatting

Fill-in-the-blank review cards covering Japanese days of the week, month names, and date notation rules.

In the Japanese calendar, the first day of the week is considered to be __________.

Sunday (日曜日)

The Japanese word for Sunday (日曜日) is written in hiragana as __________.

にちようび

The Japanese kanji for Monday is 月曜日, which is read in hiragana as __________.

げつようび

The day of the week Tuesday is represented by the kanji 火曜日 and is read in hiragana as __________.

かようび

The Japanese word for Wednesday (水曜日) is read in hiragana as __________.

すいようび

The day of the week Thursday is written in kanji as 木曜日 and in hiragana as __________.

もくようび

The Japanese word for Friday is 金曜日, which is pronounced __________ in hiragana.

きんようび

The Japanese kanji 土曜日 represents Saturday and is read in hiragana as __________.

どようび

In Japanese, the standard formula to form the name of a month is Number (Liczba) + __________.

がつ

The Japanese name for January is __________.

いちがつ

The month of April features an irregular reading and is pronounced __________ in Japanese.

しがつ

The month of July features a specific reading and is read as __________ in Japanese.

しちがつ

The Japanese word for September uses the irregular reading __________.

くがつ

The Japanese word for December is __________.

じゅうにがつ

In the Japanese date-writing system, the standard component order is __________.

year/month/day (rok/miesiąc/dzień)

In Japanese kanji notation, October 22, 2025 is written as __________.

2025 年 10 月 22 日

Under the traditional Japanese dating system linked to the emperor's reign, the year 2025 is recorded as the 7th year of the __________ era.

Reiwa (令和７)