The Days Of Our Weeks Discussion

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I find it kind of odd it's taken so long to get to this lesson. I went ahead and learn the days months ago. A few hints that I found that helped. Print off little kanji or hiragana notes of the week and paste them above a calender of some sort so you see it every day. Pretty quickly you'll master the week days... I also found Friday very easy to remember because KIN 金曜日　(金）　is the kanji for gold and most people get paid on Friday. So it's gold day (or pay day!)

曜 is one of my favorite kanji to write, even if it takes significantly more strokes than よう. Also, knowing that there's a kanji that goes with the day of the week explains the readings (すい vs みず in 水曜日, for example). It's even fairly easy to remember, since it has 日 in it for "day" and a double ヨ, so it's a long よう sound! Days of the week are awesome! ^_^

When I lived in Japan I learned that you don't have to say the 日 part. It's like a shortened version of the word. Less formal. At least that is what my ex told me.

These days of the week are all named after physical objects: Sunday: 日曜日（にちようび) translates as "Sun" day with 日 being read as にち and meaning sun. Monday: 月曜日 (げつようび) translates as "Moon" day with 月 being read as げつ and meaning moon. Tuesday: 火曜日 (かようび) translates as "Fire" day with 火 being read as か and meaning fire. Wednesday: 水曜日 (すいようび) translates as "Water" day with 水 being read as すい and meaning water. Thursday: 木曜日 (もくようび) translates as "Wood" day with 木 being read as もく and meaning wood. Friday: 金曜日 (きんようび) translates as "Gold" day with 金 being read as きん and meaning gold. Saturday: 土曜日 (どようび) translates as "Earth" day with 土 being read as ど and meaning earth. The only Kanji I haven't mentioned so far is 曜 which means "weekday" and has the On reading 「ヨウ」and no Kun reading. It combines with 日(day) to mean day of the week.