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meeting
jugyō 授業 class
shiken 試験 exam

shukudai 宿題 homework

shimekiri 締め切り deadline
X ya Y XやY X, Y, and others

X toka Y XとかY (casual) X, Y, and others
X ka Y X かY X or Y

GRAMMAR NOTE Days of the Week

Yōbi indicates days of the week. There are three variations for each day of the
week. The variations for Monday, for example, are Getsu, Getsu-yō, and Getsu-
yōbi. The longer, the more formal. Abbreviations like the following are also very

common.
Getsu-sui- Monday-Wednesday-Friday
kin

Kā-moku Tuesday-Thursday
Do-nichi Saturday-Sunday

Note that the question word nan-yōbi “what day of the week” CANNOT be used
to ask “what day of the month”, which will be introduced later in Lesson 8 (Page
160).

Days of the Week

Nichi-yōbi 日曜日 Sunday
Getsu-yōbi 月曜日 Monday

Ka-yōbi 火曜日 Tuesday
Sui-yōbi 水曜日 Wednesday

Moku-yōbi 木曜日 Thursday
Kin-yōbi 金曜日 Friday

Do-yōbi 土曜日 Saturday
Nan-yōbi 何曜日 what day of the week

GRAMMAR NOTE Japanese Numbers and Telling Time