月 – How to say the Months in Japanese

If you know how to count in Japanese then the months in Japanese are no problem. Unlike in English where you have to remember unique words for every month modern Japanese uses an ordinal system to refer to the months. Let’s take a look.

How to say the Months in Japanese

Basically, in order to say the months in Japanese, you need to know how to count in Japanese. If you know how to count in Japanese then you start at the beginning of the year with the first month as number one and the last month as number thirteen.

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So, January would be 1, February would be 2, and so on until December which is 12.

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Once you know which number to use for which month you just need to add the 月がつ character to the end. This Kanji means moon or month. This means that if you were asked for a literal translation of the months then January would be month one, May would be month five, and so on. Here is a table of all the months in Japanese.

The 12 Months in Japanese

1月いちがつ	January
2月にがつ	February
3月さんがつ	March
4月しがつ	April
5月ごがつ	May
6月ろくがつ	June
7月しちがつ	July
8月はちがつ	August
9月くがつ	September
10月じゅうがつ	October
11月じゅういちがつ	November
12月じゅうにがつ	December

Reference

• 月 (暦) – Wikipedia (Japanese)