Date quiz

Read Japanese dates clearly.

Practice years, months, day-of-month readings, and era dates so calendar entries become easier to read.

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Current date

How do you read this date?

2031年7月3日

Watch for irregular date readings like tsuitachi, yokka, tooka, and hatsuka.

Calendar dates

Practice year, month, and day readings. Japanese dates use a year-month-day order.

Forms and records

Learning how to read dates is essential for understanding schedules, appointments, and historical events in Japan.

Study habit

Use this quiz to practice converting dates into their Japanese readings. Many days of the month have irregular readings, so focus on those.

Practice notes

Focus on the first 10 days of the month. They are almost all irregular: tsuitachi, futsuka, mikka, and more.
Remember that 4, 7, and 9 often have special readings in dates: shigatsu, shichigatsu, and kugatsu.
The 20th of the month is always "hatsuka", not "nijunichi".
Say the full date out loud as you type to reinforce your memory.
Japanese eras are common in official documents. For the first year of an era, "gannen" is used instead of "ichinen".

Patterns

Year

[Number] + nen (年)

Month

[Number] + gatsu (月)

Day

[Number] + nichi (日), with many irregulars

Reference

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Common irregular day-of-month readings

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