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From Sunday to Friday, according to 七曜.
Let's learn the days of the week in Japanese compared to several other languages.


日曜日
{| class="wikitable"
!Kanji
!Hiragana
!Romaji
!French
!English
!Meaning
!Relation
|-
|日曜日
|にちようび
|Nichiyoubi
|Dimanche
|Sunday
|Day of the Sun
|Sun
|-
|月曜日
|げつようび
|Getsuyoubi
|Lundi
|Monday
|Day of the Moon
|Moon
|-
|火曜日
|かようび
|Kayoubi
|Mardi
|Tuesday
|Day of fire
|Mars
|-
|水曜日
|すいようび
|Suiyoubi
|Mercredi
|Wednesday
|Day of water
|Mercury
|-
|木曜日
|もくようび
|Mokuyoubi
|Jeudi
|Thursday
|Day of wood
|Jupiter
|-
|金曜日
|きにようび
|Kinyoubi
|Vendredi
|Friday
|Day of gold
|Venus
|-
|土曜日
|どようび
|Doyoubi
|Samedi
|Saturday
|Day of
|Saturn
|}
In every languages, the meaning is the same even if source may differ a little.


月曜日
In fact, some use Scandinavian mythology, other use Antic Greece mythology and yet others use the Roman mythology.


火曜日
However, there is always as an equivalence.


水曜日
In some countries like South East Asia or countries with English influence, the week starts with Sunday and not Monday!


木曜日
Follow the link to learn about  [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Astronomy "days and planets names"] which could be related to this article.


金曜日
==Other Lessons==
 
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Animal|Animal]]
土曜日
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Nature|Nature]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Weather|Weather]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Counting-and-Numbers|Counting and Numbers]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Nationalities|Nationalities]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Music|Music]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Education|Education]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Unique-Expressions|Unique Expressions]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Family|Family]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Geography|Geography]]
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Latest revision as of 20:56, 25 March 2023

Let's learn the days of the week in Japanese compared to several other languages.

Kanji Hiragana Romaji French English Meaning Relation
日曜日 にちようび Nichiyoubi Dimanche Sunday Day of the Sun Sun
月曜日 げつようび Getsuyoubi Lundi Monday Day of the Moon Moon
火曜日 かようび Kayoubi Mardi Tuesday Day of fire Mars
水曜日 すいようび Suiyoubi Mercredi Wednesday Day of water Mercury
木曜日 もくようび Mokuyoubi Jeudi Thursday Day of wood Jupiter
金曜日 きにようび Kinyoubi Vendredi Friday Day of gold Venus
土曜日 どようび Doyoubi Samedi Saturday Day of Saturn

In every languages, the meaning is the same even if source may differ a little.

In fact, some use Scandinavian mythology, other use Antic Greece mythology and yet others use the Roman mythology.

However, there is always as an equivalence.

In some countries like South East Asia or countries with English influence, the week starts with Sunday and not Monday!

Follow the link to learn about "days and planets names" which could be related to this article.

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]