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106 Time & Dates

Days

Today is........

kyó wa........desu

Sunday

nichiyóbi

Monday

getsuyóbi

Tuesday

kayóbi

Wednesday

suiyóbi

Thursday

mokuyóbi

Friday

kinyóbi

Saturday

doyóbi

holiday

kyujitsu

Some Useful Phrases

What day is today?

kyó wa nanyóbi desu ka? What’s today’s datę?

kyó wa nannichi desu ka ? What time is it?

nanji desu ka ?

When will you come back? itsu kaerimasu ka?

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Festivals

Most of Japan’s festivals began as local celebrations by farmers wanting to express their awe of naturę or their joy over completed harvests. Because of the lack of communication in pre-modern Japan most festivals retained their local naturę and never became nation-wide celebrations. Around the second week in August the bon festival features traditional dancing and celebrants welcome and send off the souls of their ancestors.

festival day

saijitsu    §<    11

eve of festival    ^

yoimatsuri    'h*

festival paradę

shinko palanąuins mikoshi paper lanterns chóchin

Seasons

spring

karu

summer

natsu

autumn

aki

winter

fuyu