Calendar Numbers In Japanese
While japan adopted the gregorian calendar in 1873 i e.
Calendar numbers in japanese. In addition every month has a traditional name still used by some in fields such as poetry. The corresponding number is combined with the suffix 月 gatsu month the table below uses traditional numerals but the use of western numerals 1月 2月 3月 etc is common. But there are exceptions.
Pay attention to april july and september. Japanese months of the year. Reiwa 2 corresponds to the year 2020.
Foreigners tend to make mistakes when reading these. The modern japanese names for the months literally translate to first month second month and so on. In 1873 the gregorian calendar was introduced to japan.
Reiwa reiwa heisei showa taisho meiji. So to say the months of the year you generally say the number of the month followed by gatsu. Yep it s the year 2 in japan.
While the christian way of numbering years is commonly used in japan today a parallel numbering system for years based on the reigns of emperors is also frequently applied see year converter above. Be careful for the pronunciations for april july and september. Months are basically numbers 1 through 12 gatsu which means literally month in english.
The one that says this year is 2020 the japanese date system of designating years as era names based on the reign of emperors still remains in place and runs concurrently along with the gregorian system. 2020 corresponds to reiwa 2. It is the year of the mouse.