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6.13. Counting days
There are a number of irregularities in counting days. The
numbers mean either ‘so-and-so many days’ or ‘the so-and-
so-many-th day of the month,’ except that these two
meanings are distinguished for the first number: ichi-nichi ‘1
day,’ tsui-tachi ‘1st day.’
tsuitachi 1st day
ichinichi 1 day
futsuka 2 days, 2nd day
mikka 3 days, 3rd day
yokka 4 days, 4th day
itsuka 5 days, 5th day
muika 6 days, 6th day
